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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 10 - 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of the technologically advanced bombsight used by American bombers?
(a) McCellan.
(b) Pauling.
(c) Norden.
(d) Macintire.

2. Which of the following is NOT one of the ways that most contemporaneous war histories depicted military blunders?
(a) Benign.
(b) Rare.
(c) Costly.
(d) Funny.

3. Americans believed that heavy bombers had what quality?
(a) Invincibility.
(b) Perfect accuracy.
(c) Stealth.
(d) Unlimited mobility.

4. Most soldiers believed that the meaning and purpose of the war was which of the following?
(a) Ideology.
(b) Nothing definable.
(c) Freedom.
(d) Defeating fascism.

5. How was God related to the war in the political and media interpretation in America?
(a) God had allowed the war to happen.
(b) God wanted to war to end.
(c) God wanted the German people to be punished.
(d) God was on the allies' side.

Short Answer Questions

1. How common was sexual intercourse as an anodyne compared with drinking?

2. Why is Julian Maclaren-Ross discussed in the book?

3. Most hazing would best be described as what?

4. What is unusual about the friendly-fire incident discussed in Chapter 2 and illustrated on page 18?

5. Contrary to the media's presentation, the author believed that most allied victories were due to what factors?

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