View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The author suggests that before the outbreak of war, the American military was prepared for what type of performance?
(a) Heavy duty.
(b) Extended duty.
(c) Rapid deployment.
(d) Light duty.

2. What drink did American troops generally prefer?
(a) Bourban.
(b) Gin.
(c) Rum.
(d) Whiskey.

3. What drink were Royal Navy servicemen issued with?
(a) Whiskey.
(b) Gin.
(c) Schnapps.
(d) Rum.

4. What conditions caused servicemen to set aside the preoccupation with women as objects of sexualized desire?
(a) Deployment.
(b) Movement to the front.
(c) Extended foreign deployments.
(d) Combat.

5. According to the author, most of the well-known novels about WWII are really about what?
(a) Petty hazing.
(b) Discipline.
(c) Boredom.
(d) Officers.

Short Answer Questions

1. How were military blunders usually treated in official reports?

2. What drink did German troops generally prefer?

3. How common was the use of alcohol as an anodyne?

4. How important was a rumor's accuracy and predictive success for its tendency to spread?

5. The author compares military training to which of the following?

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. What problems did the doctrine of precision bombing face?

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

4. How did contemporaneous war histories depict military blunders?

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

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

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

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

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

10. What were talismans?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 608 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample