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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. The airman discussed in one example of military blunders, and who was killed by English soldiers, belonged to what allied nation?
(a) Poland.
(b) France.
(c) Morocco.
(d) Sweden.

2. In the iconic pre-war image discussed in Chapter 1, what are the soldiers towing?
(a) Heavy artillery.
(b) A destroyed enemy vehicle.
(c) Ammunition and supplies.
(d) A light field-piece.

3. How old were the youngest soldiers fielded by the axis during the war?
(a) Twelve.
(b) Nineteen.
(c) Seventeen.
(d) Fifteen.

4. Italians were considered to prefer which of the following to war?
(a) Women.
(b) Diplomacy.
(c) The high-life.
(d) Drinking.

5. Allegedly, agents working for the axis spread what rumor?
(a) Soldiers' wives were unfaithful.
(b) German soldiers ate metal shavings with their food.
(c) French women all bore venereal diseases.
(d) The Oder river had never been crossed by an invading force.

Short Answer Questions

1. What drink did German troops generally prefer?

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

3. What drink did American troops generally prefer?

4. German soldiers were typically stereotyped as being which of the following?

5. How did the American media react to the image of many conscripts being drunkards?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did many soldiers require an anodyne?

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

3. What types of hazing were most common?

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

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

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

7. What are the causes of the facelessness with with soldiers were treated in the second World War?

8. How did the American military cause reports of military blunders to be underplayed?

9. What problems did American arms and armaments suffer from in the early parts of WWII?

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

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