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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. What was one way that the military controlled the reports of blunders coming from embedded reporters?
(a) Bribery.
(b) Censorship.
(c) Trickery.
(d) Threats.

2. Compared with the enlisted men, officers would best be described as which of the following?
(a) Aggressive.
(b) Cowardly.
(c) Entitled.
(d) Intelligent.

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

4. According to the author, what was the last war in which soldiers were at least theoretically thought of as unique individuals with distinct identities?
(a) The Crimean War.
(b) The Spanish-American War.
(c) World War I.
(d) The American Civil War.

5. The author states that most of the weapons issued to American armed forces suffered from what problems?
(a) They were poorly made.
(b) They were issued in insufficient numbers.
(c) They were too expensive.
(d) They were obsolete.

Short Answer Questions

1. Talismans were believed to perform what function?

2. According to one rumor, female axis agents were sent to the allies with what?

3. According to the author, what belief is typical of younger soldiers and not of older soldiers?

4. How long did most Americans believe the war would last?

5. What term does the author not use as an example of vocabulary intended to demean enlisted men?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How and why did military and public authorities react to stereotyping of enemy forces?

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

4. Once they were in the war, how did Americans believe they could win it?

5. According to the author, how common are military blunders and what are their causes?

6. According to the author, why does the human mind crave narrative order?

7. What drinks were preferred by men from different nations in the war?

8. What writer is a notable exception to the normal treatment of enlisted men, and how did he differ?

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

10. What did Americans expect their participation in WWII to be like?

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