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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Japanese troops were typically stereotyped as being what?
(a) Poor shots.
(b) Courageous.
(c) Untrustworthy.
(d) Ignorant.

2. Overall, the example that Horizon set was which of the following?
(a) Unimportant.
(b) Positive.
(c) Subversive.
(d) Negative.

3. In the American armed services, the term "chickenshit" referred to what?
(a) Hazing of enlisted by officers.
(b) The response of enlisted men to hazing.
(c) Complaining among the enlisted men.
(d) Official disciplinary action.

4. What are the "Unread Books" to which Chapter 5's title alludes?
(a) The stories about secret military plans.
(b) The lack of interest most officers had for their men.
(c) The lives that dead soldiers never got to experience.
(d) The vague orders given to many officers.

5. How old were axis soldiers compared to allied soldiers?
(a) No accurate records exist for the axis.
(b) Slightly older.
(c) About the same age.
(d) Slightly younger.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the technologically advanced bombsight used by American bombers?

2. How does the author establish the nature of the media's presentation of the war?

3. Which of the following is NOT one way that soldiers perceived of the war?

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

5. How did advertisers change their strategies during the war?

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