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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 author suggests that combat training replaces what other activity typical for young men?
(a) Dating.
(b) Work.
(c) Organized sports.
(d) Education.

2. How did much of the American public react to initial reports of violence, chaos and casualty figures?
(a) They ignored them.
(b) They were appalled.
(c) They were uninterested.
(d) They refused to believe them.

3. How did advertisers and other companies think of the war?
(a) As a tragedy.
(b) As a cost of doing business.
(c) As a sales device.
(d) As a waste.

4. What drink did German troops generally prefer?
(a) Whiskey.
(b) Bourban.
(c) Schnapps.
(d) Gin.

5. Overall, the media coverage of the war would best be described as which of the following?
(a) Homogeneous.
(b) Inadequate.
(c) Deceitful.
(d) Random.

Short Answer Questions

1. Ernie Pyle was notable for taking great pains in his writing to list what?

2. How did the American media react to the image of many conscripts being drunkards?

3. "Accentuate the positive" describes a media strategy to do what?

4. The media tended to do what with negative reports from the war?

5. What types of bombers were believed to be key to the war-effort?

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