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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4 - 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How did the military handle blunders that resulted in casualties?
(a) By paying double insurance to grieving families.
(b) By attributing them to enemy action.
(c) By covering them up.
(d) By ignoring them.

3. The author compares military training to which of the following?
(a) Police force training.
(b) The classic Greek gymnasium.
(c) Public school.
(d) A crucible.

4. What was Ernie Pyle's profession?
(a) Author.
(b) Junior officer.
(c) Senior enlisted serviceman.
(d) Journalist.

5. What is unusual about the friendly-fire incident discussed in Chapter 2 and illustrated on page 18?
(a) It was covered up.
(b) It is still denied by military officials to this day.
(c) No one was hurt.
(d) The bombs were all duds.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How old were the youngest soldiers fielded by the axis during the war?

3. Throughout Chapter 6, the author describes enlisted men as being which of the following?

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

5. The presentation of the war by state and public media is best described as which of the following?

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