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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does the author establish the common soldier's opinion of the meaning of the war?
(a) Through anecdotes.
(b) Through statistics.
(c) Through prose and verse quotations.
(d) Through personal stories.

3. What was a soldier's primary source of information?
(a) Word of mouth.
(b) Official military publications.
(c) Stateside media.
(d) Hand bills and flyers.

4. According to one rumor, female axis agents were sent to the allies with what?
(a) Concealable radios.
(b) Poison lipstick.
(c) Bombs.
(d) Venereal diseases.

5. The author suggests that combat training replaces what other activity typical for young men?
(a) Education.
(b) Organized sports.
(c) Work.
(d) Dating.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author suggests that disliked soldiers were more likely to be selected for what type of duty?

2. The author suggests that most people prefer to feel that their lives have what?

3. In the iconic pre-war image discussed in Chapter 1, the soldiers are best described as being which of the following?

4. What is one reason given for why rumors were started?

5. What was one innovation in book publishing that came out of the war?

(see the answer key)

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