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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The presentation of the war by state and public media is best described as which of the following?
(a) Realistic.
(b) Aggrandizing.
(c) Sanitized.
(d) Gruesome.

2. Which of the following is one major type of resource that American citizens were deprived of during the war?
(a) Tea.
(b) Meats.
(c) Wood for construction.
(d) Exotic foods.

3. The compensation from the title of Chapter 15 refers to what?
(a) Pay for soldiers.
(b) Good things that came out of the war.
(c) Allied victories.
(d) The upside of excessive patriotism.

4. The media tended to do what with negative reports from the war?
(a) Report them quietly.
(b) Forget them.
(c) Deny them.
(d) Cover them thoroughly.

5. Which of the following is not a concept that the iconic pre-war image in Chapter 1 is said to convey?
(a) Mobility.
(b) Vitality.
(c) Military strength.
(d) Military readiness.

Short Answer Questions

1. Later in the war, the media presented most allied victories as triumphs over what forces?

2. What was Ernie Pyle's profession?

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

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

5. How common was the use of alcohol as an anodyne?

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