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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. According to the author, real exposure to warfare had what effect on the beliefs of individual soldiers?
(a) It rid them of their hopes and fears.
(b) It dispelled their illusions of meaning.
(c) It caused them to doubt their leaders.
(d) It caused them to become even more fervent.

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. Why did most media outlets adopts their reaction to the requirements placed on them?
(a) Because of federal mandates.
(b) They felt it was a patriotic duty.
(c) Due to competition.
(d) Out of professionalism.

5. When were most enduring war novels written?
(a) During the later days of the war.
(b) After the war.
(c) Before America's entry into the war.
(d) During the early days of the war.

6. A typical soldier's amount of downtime would best be described as which of the following?
(a) Short and rare.
(b) Reasonable.
(c) Inordinate.
(d) Scarce.

7. The media presented a view wherein the suffering of the nation's citizenry was linked to what?
(a) Lofty ideals.
(b) A grand strategy.
(c) Necessary sacrifices.
(d) The enemy's aggression.

8. How did most soldiers regard reading?
(a) They looked down on it.
(b) They engaged in it only when there were no alternatives.
(c) They loved it as a pastime.
(d) They regarded it as pointless.

9. Public media took its cues from what source?
(a) The executive branch.
(b) Military leaders.
(c) State media.
(d) War planners.

10. Overall, the author believes that the political and media-based interpretation of the war was what?
(a) Intentionally deceitful.
(b) Uninformed.
(c) Foolish.
(d) Detached from reality.

11. What other outlets are specifically cited in Chapter 13 for adopting the tone and texture of official media?
(a) Fiction and poetry.
(b) Public service announcements.
(c) Movies.
(d) Religious services.

12. Which of the following is NOT one way that soldiers perceived of the war?
(a) Inconvenient.
(b) Uncomfortable.
(c) Dangerous.
(d) Unjust.

13. What was the physical quality of most literary works produced during the war?
(a) They were printed on inferior paper.
(b) They were generally of acceptable quality.
(c) There were frequent misprints and typos.
(d) They were poorly bound.

14. What was the state of the global economy before the war began?
(a) Depression.
(b) Steady growth.
(c) Recession.
(d) Boom.

15. How were most economies organized after the war began?
(a) They were focused solely on wartime production.
(b) They were divided evenly into war and peace production types.
(c) They were driven by free-market demands.
(d) They were almost entirely nationalized for war production.

Short Answer Questions

1. Overall, the media coverage of the war would best be described as which of the following?

2. Later in the war, the media presented most allied victories as triumphs over what forces?

3. How accepting were most soldiers of the media's interpretation of the meaning of the war?

4. Many idioms originating in the war might be described as which of the following?

5. Idioms were often adapted to what medium?

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