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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7 - 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is one reason given for why rumors were started?
(a) Boredom.
(b) Stupidity.
(c) Malice.
(d) Ignorance.

2. The author suggests that most people prefer to feel that their lives have what?
(a) Purpose.
(b) Happiness.
(c) Contentment.
(d) Excitement.

3. In the iconic pre-war image discussed in Chapter 1, the soldiers are driving what sort of vehicle?
(a) A jeep.
(b) Motorcycles.
(c) A half-track.
(d) A tank.

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

5. The presentation of the war by state and public media is best described as which of the following?
(a) Sanitized.
(b) Realistic.
(c) Gruesome.
(d) Aggrandizing.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. One rumor suggested that German sympathizers used what animal to convey intelligence to the enemy?

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

4. In the American armed services, the term "chickenshit" referred to what?

5. According to the author, the hazing of enlisted men by officers would best be described as which of the following?

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