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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 16 - 18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Overall, the reading experience of most citizens and soldiers could best be described as which of the following?
(a) Monotonous.
(b) Exciting.
(c) Challenging.
(d) Basic.

2. What factor does the author cite as being the most important in causing one force to misidentify another?
(a) Differing service branches.
(b) The use of camouflage.
(c) The use of new battalion insignia.
(d) Differing nationalities.

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

4. Which of the following is NOT one of the ways that most contemporaneous war histories depicted military blunders?
(a) Benign.
(b) Costly.
(c) Rare.
(d) Funny.

5. Most hazing would best be described as what?
(a) Dangerous.
(b) Tedious.
(c) Creative.
(d) Doctrinal.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was a soldier's primary source of information?

2. How did the media handle the worst aspects of the war?

3. How old were the youngest soldiers fielded by the axis during the war?

4. Which of the following is NOT one of the things that American soldiers were told they were fighting for?

5. According to the author, real exposure to warfare had what effect on the beliefs of individual soldiers?

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