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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4 - 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What types of bombers were believed to be key to the war-effort?
(a) Medium bombers.
(b) Fighter-bombers.
(c) Heavy bombers.
(d) Jet-propelled bombers.

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

3. How did most Americans regard Pearl Harbor?
(a) As a normal combat engagement.
(b) As a well-executed attack.
(c) As the typical type of battle to be expected.
(d) As an aberration.

4. American's believed that what typically American resource would allow them to win the war?
(a) Improvisation.
(b) Individualism.
(c) Industry.
(d) Know-how.

5. One rumor suggested that German sympathizers used what animal to convey intelligence to the enemy?
(a) Chickens.
(b) Goats.
(c) Cows.
(d) Sheep.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author, before the outbreak of war, what did Americans expect their military performance to be like?

2. The author suggests that before the outbreak of war, the American military was prepared for what type of performance?

3. Throughout Chapter 6, the author describes enlisted men as being which of the following?

4. Americans believed that heavy bombers had what quality?

5. What was one way that the military controlled the reports of blunders coming from embedded reporters?

(see the answer key)

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