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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the OWI?

2. What does Gloria Gleason say bothered people most about the war?

3. What kept Herman Kogan from being afraid during the assaults on Sugarloaf Hill?

4. How was Sheril Cunning's mother's war experience like the New York Stock Exchange?

5. How did thieves among army personnel fool the MPs?

Short Essay Questions

1. According to Tommy Corcoran, what was Joseph Kennedy's strategy for the war?

2. Why does Jacques Raboud believe it will be difficult for his generation to erase hatred?

3. According to Lowell Steward, what was the status of the black Tuskegee flying squadron?

4. What does Gobeler think that sailors all over the world have in common?

5. According to Colonel Gleed, how did the study made by the War Department in 1925 affect the black community?

6. How did Galatea Berger say the Third Reich was recorded in her school history classes?

7. Why was Eddie Slovik famous?

8. How does Bill Mauldin believe most infantrymen thought the war should be settled?

9. According to Yasuko Dower, what was different about American customs that she observed when the country was occupied by U.S. troops?

10. What does Sheril Cunning say communal spirit was like during the war?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Some respondents reported that the attitudes with which they endured the conflict changed dramatically once the war was over and there was time to reflect upon events. Citing examples from the text, explain why you think time to consider made such a difference in opinion.

Essay Topic 2

"It was easy not to know," said one reporter. Participants on both sides of the conflict claimed ignorance of events, policies and plans. Cite examples of deliberate or programmed ignorance and discuss why such ignorance was possible or necessary.

Essay Topic 3

The status of women during World War II changed dramatically in a variety of ways, according to the respondents in the text. In your essay, discuss the changes that took place, their causes and after-war effects.

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