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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How was God related to the war in the political and media interpretation in America?
(a) God wanted the German people to be punished.
(b) God wanted to war to end.
(c) God was on the allies' side.
(d) God had allowed the war to happen.

2. The airman discussed in one example of military blunders, and who was killed by English soldiers, belonged to what allied nation?
(a) France.
(b) Poland.
(c) Morocco.
(d) Sweden.

3. What type of magazine was Horizon?
(a) A political magazine.
(b) A news journal.
(c) A popular periodical.
(d) A literary journal.

4. The media tended to do what with negative reports from the war?
(a) Forget them.
(b) Deny them.
(c) Report them quietly.
(d) Cover them thoroughly.

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 physically fit.
(d) They are aggressive.

Short Answer Questions

1. Italians were considered to prefer which of the following to war?

2. Most of the efforts discussed in America and Britain were aimed at which of the following?

3. According to the author, what was the last war in which soldiers were at least theoretically thought of as unique individuals with distinct identities?

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

5. When did heavy drinking begin for most conscripts?

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