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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 done in England to frustrate a potential invading force?
(a) Streets were interrupted by large barricades.
(b) Certain unmarked fields were filled with land mines.
(c) Every male citizen was issued a rifle.
(d) Roadway signs and building addresses were removed.

2. Overall, the example that Horizon set was which of the following?
(a) Unimportant.
(b) Negative.
(c) Subversive.
(d) Positive.

3. Which of the following is NOT one of the things that the author states to have been almost totally marred by high-mindedness during the war?
(a) Films.
(b) Prose.
(c) Poetry.
(d) Reporting.

4. What type of story is specifically cite as being very likely to be reported by mainstream media of the era?
(a) Great victories.
(b) Biographies of individual soldiers.
(c) Reports from allied bombing raids.
(d) Detailed accounts of campaigns.

5. What practice became popular at home during the war?
(a) Home defense drills.
(b) Parades.
(c) Group-singing.
(d) Marches.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the editor of Horizon?

2. Which of the following is NOT one of the ways that American soldiers were usually portrayed by the media?

3. Overall, the deprivation faced by American and British citizens would best be described as which of the following?

4. Which of the following is NOT one of the resources that the author cites specifically as being scarce during the war?

5. Why does the author regard the deprivation of soldiers as unremarkable?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the media interpret the suffering of the nation's citizenry?

2. What is one type of preparation that was made in England in anticipation of an invasion?

3. How did media organizations gain access to war zones for their reporters?

4. Why were front line soldiers confused by media presentations of the war?

5. What was the importance of the literary journal Horizon?

6. What does the author believe about the phenomenon of attributing high-minded ideals to the purpose of a war?

7. What critical knowledge did an average soldier typically lack?

8. What were American soldiers told they were fighting for?

9. How did advertisers think of and take advantage of the war?

10. Why did citizens in the US and England suffer from deprivation?

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