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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What types of bombers were believed to be key to the war-effort?
(a) Heavy bombers.
(b) Medium bombers.
(c) Jet-propelled bombers.
(d) Fighter-bombers.

4. What was one way that the military controlled the reports of blunders coming from embedded reporters?
(a) Bribery.
(b) Threats.
(c) Censorship.
(d) Trickery.

5. A blunder that causes one force to misidentify another, whether it be friendly or hostile, is called what?
(a) A recognition error.
(b) A target acquisition error.
(c) An intel-reconnaissance failure.
(d) An identification failure.

Short Answer Questions

1. Even with advanced bombsights, bombs would routinely land how far away from their targets?

2. In the iconic pre-war image discussed in Chapter 1, what are the soldiers towing?

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

4. Most proponents of precision bombing suggested that it be used to destroy what enemy targets?

5. American's believed that what typically American resource would allow them to win the war?

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