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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Allegedly, agents working for the axis spread what rumor?
(a) German soldiers ate metal shavings with their food.
(b) The Oder river had never been crossed by an invading force.
(c) Soldiers' wives were unfaithful.
(d) French women all bore venereal diseases.

2. How old were the youngest soldiers fielded by the axis during the war?
(a) Nineteen.
(b) Fifteen.
(c) Seventeen.
(d) Twelve.

3. The author suggests that in warfare, blunders are how common?
(a) Ubiquitous.
(b) Quite common.
(c) Rare.
(d) Extremely rare.

4. German soldiers were typically stereotyped as being which of the following?
(a) Unthinkingly loyal.
(b) Bloodthirsty berserkers.
(c) Extremely stealthy.
(d) Incredibly strong.

5. The drinking among servicemen when alcohol was freely available would best be described as which of the following?
(a) Reasonable.
(b) Excessive.
(c) Jovial.
(d) Social.

Short Answer Questions

1. The airman discussed in one example of military blunders, and who was killed by English soldiers, belonged to what allied nation?

2. Soldiers were often not given what type of information?

3. Italians were considered to prefer which of the following to war?

4. According to the author, most of the well-known novels about WWII are really about what?

5. According to the author, what was the unstated purpose of the use of inveterate profanity?

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