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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1 - 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What factor does the author cite as being the most important in causing one force to misidentify another?
(a) Differing nationalities.
(b) The use of camouflage.
(c) Differing service branches.
(d) The use of new battalion insignia.

2. In the iconic pre-war image discussed in Chapter 1, the soldiers are best described as being which of the following?
(a) Determined.
(b) Young.
(c) Tired.
(d) Experienced.

3. Even with advanced bombsights, bombs would routinely land how far away from their targets?
(a) Thousands of yards.
(b) Hundreds of yards.
(c) Hundreds of feet.
(d) Miles.

4. How long did most Americans believe the war would last?
(a) Three years.
(b) A year.
(c) A few months.
(d) Six months.

5. Most proponents of precision bombing suggested that it be used to destroy what enemy targets?
(a) Civilian populations.
(b) Fortifications.
(c) Ground troops.
(d) Industry.

Short Answer Questions

1. Americans believed that heavy bombers had what quality?

2. How did much of the American public react to initial reports of violence, chaos and casualty figures?

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

4. How did the military handle blunders that resulted in casualties?

5. The author suggests that in warfare, blunders are how common?

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