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

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

3. How important was a rumor's accuracy and predictive success for its tendency to spread?
(a) Success usually ended a rumor.
(b) Success was usually ignored.
(c) Success was not important at all.
(d) Success was crucially important.

4. Which of the following does the author not list as a cause of the increasing lack of individuality with which solders were treated?
(a) Huge numbers of casualties.
(b) Military training.
(c) Constant flow of reinforcements.
(d) The ideological nature of the war.

5. One rumor suggested that German sympathizers used what animal to convey intelligence to the enemy?
(a) Sheep.
(b) Goats.
(c) Chickens.
(d) Cows.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did much of the American public react to initial reports of violence, chaos and casualty figures?

2. What are the "Unread Books" to which Chapter 5's title alludes?

3. How common was sexual intercourse as an anodyne compared with drinking?

4. Soldiers were often not given what type of information?

5. According to the author, what belief is typical of younger soldiers and not of older soldiers?

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