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

2. Which of the following is not a concept that the iconic pre-war image in Chapter 1 is said to convey?
(a) Military strength.
(b) Military readiness.
(c) Vitality.
(d) Mobility.

3. What was Ernie Pyle's profession?
(a) Junior officer.
(b) Senior enlisted serviceman.
(c) Author.
(d) Journalist.

4. According to the rumor about servicemen's food, why was a certain substance added to their food?
(a) To cause them to eat less.
(b) To dampen their sexual ardor.
(c) To drive them crazy in battle.
(d) To cause them to sleep less.

5. According to the author, the hazing of enlisted men by officers would best be described as which of the following?
(a) Pervasive.
(b) Official policy.
(c) Uncommon.
(d) Rare.

Short Answer Questions

1. What factor does the author cite as being the most important in causing one force to misidentify another?

2. What was the name of the technologically advanced bombsight used by American bombers?

3. According to the author, what was the typical age of a soldier for the allies in WWII?

4. Heavy drinking and womanizing caused problems for the army in what area?

5. Ernie Pyle was notable for taking great pains in his writing to list what?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe one stereotype that American troops believed about soldiers from an allied nation.

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

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

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

6. How did contemporaneous war histories depict military blunders?

7. What problems did the doctrine of precision bombing face?

8. What beliefs do younger soldiers typically have that older soldiers do not?

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

10. What does the term "chickenshit" mean?

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