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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is not a concept that the iconic pre-war image in Chapter 1 is said to convey?
(a) Military readiness.
(b) Vitality.
(c) Military strength.
(d) Mobility.

2. Italians were considered to prefer which of the following to war?
(a) Drinking.
(b) Diplomacy.
(c) Women.
(d) The high-life.

3. Which of the following qualities of warfare does the author NOT suggest to be a contributing factor in military blunders?
(a) Chaos.
(b) Vastness.
(c) Ruthlessness.
(d) Fluidity.

4. The rumor about German sympathizers conveying intelligence to the enemy suggested that they were relaying what type of information?
(a) Artillery locations.
(b) Troop locations.
(c) Troop movements.
(d) Air strike flight plans.

5. How were military blunders usually treated in official reports?
(a) They were filed confidentially.
(b) They were omitted or distorted.
(c) They were censored.
(d) They were meticulously analyzed.

6. According to the author, what belief is typical of younger soldiers and not of older soldiers?
(a) They do not matter.
(b) They will almost certainly die.
(c) They will survive.
(d) They are the best soldiers in the war.

7. Japanese troops were typically stereotyped as being what?
(a) Poor shots.
(b) Ignorant.
(c) Courageous.
(d) Untrustworthy.

8. Even with advanced bombsights, bombs would routinely land how far away from their targets?
(a) Hundreds of feet.
(b) Miles.
(c) Hundreds of yards.
(d) Thousands of yards.

9. Rumors about the axis frequently dealt with what subject?
(a) Their combat prowess.
(b) Their atrocities.
(c) Their superior weaponry.
(d) Their tenacity.

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

11. According to the author, what was the typical age of a soldier for the allies in WWII?
(a) Nineteen.
(b) Twenty-two.
(c) Twenty-one.
(d) Twenty.

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

13. How important was a rumor's accuracy and predictive success for its tendency to spread?
(a) Success usually ended a rumor.
(b) Success was usually ignored.
(c) Success was not important at all.
(d) Success was crucially important.

14. What drink did German troops generally prefer?
(a) Gin.
(b) Schnapps.
(c) Bourban.
(d) Whiskey.

15. Americans believed that heavy bombers had what quality?
(a) Stealth.
(b) Perfect accuracy.
(c) Unlimited mobility.
(d) Invincibility.

Short Answer Questions

1. Compared with the enlisted men, officers would best be described as which of the following?

2. Which of the following does the author not list as a cause of the increasing lack of individuality with which solders were treated?

3. What was Ernie Pyle's profession?

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

5. According to the author, most of the well-known novels about WWII are really about what?

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