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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was Ernie Pyle's profession?
(a) Junior officer.
(b) Senior enlisted serviceman.
(c) Author.
(d) Journalist.

3. The author suggests that most people prefer to feel that their lives have what?
(a) Happiness.
(b) Contentment.
(c) Excitement.
(d) Purpose.

4. According to the author, what was the last war in which soldiers were at least theoretically thought of as unique individuals with distinct identities?
(a) World War I.
(b) The Crimean War.
(c) The American Civil War.
(d) The Spanish-American War.

5. The airman discussed in one example of military blunders, and who was killed by English soldiers, belonged to what allied nation?
(a) Poland.
(b) Morocco.
(c) Sweden.
(d) France.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to one rumor, female axis agents were sent to the allies with what?

2. Soldiers in their thirties were often called what?

3. Which of the following does the author not list as a cause of the increasing lack of individuality with which solders were treated?

4. According to the rumor about servicemen's food, why was a certain substance added to their food?

5. How were military blunders usually treated in official reports?

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