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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 13 - 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of magazine was Horizon?
(a) A political magazine.
(b) A popular periodical.
(c) A literary journal.
(d) A news journal.

2. According to the author, most of the well-known novels about WWII are really about what?
(a) Discipline.
(b) Officers.
(c) Petty hazing.
(d) Boredom.

3. What was one of the causes of the lack of quality in the media and other outlets during the war?
(a) Censorship.
(b) Uniformity.
(c) Lack of manpower.
(d) Lack of skilled editors.

4. According to the author, rumors are best described as fulfilling what role?
(a) Consoling soldiers.
(b) Acting as entertainment.
(c) Being a distraction from the war.
(d) Filling gaps in information.

5. Copies of the New Testament were frequently altered in what way?
(a) By replacing their covers with canvas.
(b) By tearing out the book of Acts.
(c) By dyeing the pages red.
(d) By adding a steel backing to them.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the American media react to the image of many conscripts being drunkards?

2. Why were did the most enduring war novels come out of a certain time period?

3. What drink were Royal Navy servicemen issued with?

4. One rumor suggested that German sympathizers used what animal to convey intelligence to the enemy?

5. What is one major product for which many improvised substitutes were devised?

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