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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The frequency of prostitution and ephemeral romantic relationships would best be described as which of the following?

2. The presentation of the war by state and public media is best described as which of the following?

3. According to the author, what was the last war in which soldiers were at least theoretically thought of as unique individuals with distinct identities?

4. Copies of the New Testament were frequently altered in what way?

5. Rumors about the axis frequently dealt with what subject?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What does the term "chickenshit" mean?

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

7. What beliefs did American have about the Japanese going into the war, and how did those beliefs change?

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

9. What qualities epitomized the American forces prior to their entry into WWII?

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

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