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

2. How were military blunders usually treated in official reports?
(a) They were censored.
(b) They were omitted or distorted.
(c) They were filed confidentially.
(d) They were meticulously analyzed.

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

4. How did most Americans regard Pearl Harbor?
(a) As a normal combat engagement.
(b) As a well-executed attack.
(c) As an aberration.
(d) As the typical type of battle to be expected.

5. Which of the following qualities of warfare does the author NOT suggest to be a contributing factor in military blunders?
(a) Vastness.
(b) Chaos.
(c) Ruthlessness.
(d) Fluidity.

Short Answer Questions

1. A blunder that causes one force to misidentify another, whether it be friendly or hostile, is called what?

2. In the iconic pre-war image discussed in Chapter 1, the soldiers are best described as being which of the following?

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

4. Which of the following is not a concept that the iconic pre-war image in Chapter 1 is said to convey?

5. At the beginning of World War II, aerial combat was regarded as exemplifying what obsolescent ideal?

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