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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 best describes what the author believes about the US media's depiction of warfare?
(a) It was inadequate.
(b) It was falsified.
(c) It was misleading.
(d) It was generally accurate.

2. Overall, the media coverage of the war would best be described as which of the following?
(a) Homogeneous.
(b) Inadequate.
(c) Deceitful.
(d) Random.

3. What type of story is specifically cite as being very likely to be reported by mainstream media of the era?
(a) Great victories.
(b) Reports from allied bombing raids.
(c) Biographies of individual soldiers.
(d) Detailed accounts of campaigns.

4. Which of the following did NOT commonly adopt the voice and viewpoint of official state media?
(a) Public media.
(b) Films.
(c) Novels.
(d) Poetry.

5. What author is specifically credited with producing an accurate memoir of the war?
(a) Eugene B. Sledge.
(b) B. H. Liddell Hart.
(c) Stephen Ambrose.
(d) Robert M. Citino.

6. How did advertisers and other companies think of the war?
(a) As a tragedy.
(b) As a sales device.
(c) As a cost of doing business.
(d) As a waste.

7. Contrary to the media's presentation, the author believed that most allied victories were due to what factors?
(a) Air power and individual leadership.
(b) Luck and boldness.
(c) Mass production and good strategy.
(d) Skill and courage.

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

9. Censorship usually consisted of what?
(a) Burning subversive books.
(b) Condemning certain publishers.
(c) Not printing certain books.
(d) Editing out sections of books before printing.

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

11. Who was the editor of Horizon?
(a) Anthony Edwards.
(b) Cyril Connolly.
(c) Stanley Milgram.
(d) Nigel Dennis.

12. Chapter 10 centers around the common soldier's perception of what characteristic of the war?
(a) Its progress.
(b) Its ideological nature.
(c) The technology used in it.
(d) Its diplomatic nature.

13. Later in the war, the media presented most allied victories as triumphs over what forces?
(a) Tyranny and oppression.
(b) Godlessness and evil.
(c) Forsaken people and outdated beliefs.
(d) Superstition and slavery.

14. What is one major product for which many improvised substitutes were devised?
(a) Gasoline.
(b) Bread.
(c) Coffee.
(d) Butter.

15. Books produced specifically for servicemen were made specially in what way?
(a) They were bound with extra strength.
(b) They came with waterproof covers.
(c) They were sized to fit in their pockets.
(d) They usually had a steel backing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the impact of the relatively large number of books read by some servicemen during the war?

2. Which of the following is NOT one of the ways that American soldiers were usually portrayed by the media?

3. What type of story is specifically cited as being unlikely to be reported by mainstream media of the era?

4. The deprivation that the title of Chapter 14 refers to is a deprivation of what resource?

5. What was the impact of the mainstream presentation of the war in the American media?

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