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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 10 - 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did the average soldiers believe about the meaning of the war?
(a) They strongly disapprove of it.
(b) They are in full support of it.
(c) They had no ideas about it.
(d) They have strong opinions about it.

3. What type of story is specifically cited as being unlikely to be reported by mainstream media of the era?
(a) Set backs during offensives.
(b) Massive casualties.
(c) Hardships of the front lines.
(d) German bombing of allied cities.

4. What was one way that the military controlled the reports of blunders coming from embedded reporters?
(a) Threats.
(b) Censorship.
(c) Bribery.
(d) Trickery.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Americans believed that heavy bombers had what quality?

2. A blunder that causes one force to misidentify another, whether it be friendly or hostile, is called what?

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

4. According to a common stereotype, Chinese troops were consider to be what?

5. What term does the author not use as an example of vocabulary intended to demean enlisted men?

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