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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Heavy drinking and womanizing caused problems for the army in what area?
(a) Discipline.
(b) Morale.
(c) Organization.
(d) Health.

2. What nation does the author believe to have military training particularly suited to the comparison that he draws?
(a) France.
(b) Russia.
(c) American.
(d) England.

3. According to the author, before the outbreak of war, what did Americans expect their military performance to be like?
(a) A short series of easy victories.
(b) A good record, mostly of victories.
(c) A defensive struggle.
(d) An unbroken series of hard-fought victories.

4. In the American armed services, the term "chickenshit" referred to what?
(a) Hazing of enlisted by officers.
(b) The response of enlisted men to hazing.
(c) Official disciplinary action.
(d) Complaining among the enlisted men.

5. Which of the following is NOT one of the reasons that armies historically favored younger soldiers?
(a) They do not question the war's irrationality.
(b) They are obedient.
(c) They are aggressive.
(d) They are physically fit.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Ernie Pyle's profession?

2. Copies of the New Testament were frequently altered in what way?

3. How did the American media react to the image of many conscripts being drunkards?

4. German soldiers were typically stereotyped as being which of the following?

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

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