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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT one of the reasons that armies historically favored younger soldiers?
(a) They are aggressive.
(b) They do not question the war's irrationality.
(c) They are obedient.
(d) They are physically fit.

2. Soldiers were often not given what type of information?
(a) Their division.
(b) Their Captain's name.
(c) Their orders.
(d) Their location.

3. Why is Julian Maclaren-Ross discussed in the book?
(a) He committed many blunders.
(b) He committed almost no blunders.
(c) He denounced precision bombing doctrine.
(d) He created precision bombing doctrine.

4. What factor does the author cite as being the most important in causing one force to misidentify another?
(a) The use of new battalion insignia.
(b) Differing nationalities.
(c) Differing service branches.
(d) The use of camouflage.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What drink were Royal Navy servicemen issued with?

2. Casualties among bombers crews would best be described as which of the following?

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

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

5. The drinking among servicemen when alcohol was freely available would best be described as which of the following?

Short Essay Questions

1. How and when was alcohol used as an anodyne?

2. Why is purpose difficult to see or non-existent in war?

3. How did contemporaneous war histories depict military blunders?

4. What types of rumors are sometimes believed by both sides?

5. What are recognition errors, and how are they caused?

6. How was military jargon and vocabulary used to demean enlisted men?

7. What sort of information is regularly denied to the common soldier?

8. What were talismans?

9. According to the author, what is the result on the battlefield of the relatively young age of soldiers and the violence of warfare?

10. How did soldiers think about women most of the time?

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