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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 conditions caused servicemen to set aside the preoccupation with women as objects of sexualized desire?
(a) Extended foreign deployments.
(b) Movement to the front.
(c) Deployment.
(d) Combat.

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

3. Ernie Pyle was notable for taking great pains in his writing to list what?
(a) An individual's characteristics.
(b) Names of enlisted men.
(c) Medals and citations.
(d) Place names.

4. According to the author, rumors are best described as fulfilling what role?
(a) Filling gaps in information.
(b) Consoling soldiers.
(c) Acting as entertainment.
(d) Being a distraction from the war.

5. Copies of the New Testament were frequently altered in what way?
(a) By replacing their covers with canvas.
(b) By dyeing the pages red.
(c) By adding a steel backing to them.
(d) By tearing out the book of Acts.

Short Answer Questions

1. How important was a rumor's accuracy and predictive success for its tendency to spread?

2. According to one rumor, female axis agents were sent to the allies with what?

3. What types of bombers were believed to be key to the war-effort?

4. What was one of the most routine ways that enlisted men dealt with the hazing they received from officers?

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

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