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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. Idioms were often adapted to what medium?
(a) Poetry.
(b) Advertising jingles.
(c) Journalism.
(d) Song.

2. To soldiers, war reporting lacked what familiar element?
(a) Idioms.
(b) Realism.
(c) Grittiness.
(d) Style.

3. How did the media handle the worst aspects of the war?
(a) By ignoring them.
(b) By using euphemisms.
(c) By covering them up.
(d) By attributing them to the enemy.

4. Overall, the deprivation faced by American and British citizens would best be described as which of the following?
(a) Random and barely noticeable.
(b) Constant and low-level.
(c) Periodic and intense.
(d) Unbearable and grinding.

5. What was the impact of the relatively large number of books read by some servicemen during the war?
(a) Many went on to seek higher education.
(b) It increased dissent and rationality in the enlisted ranks.
(c) Many became renowned writers.
(d) It led to increased censorship.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the state of the global economy before the war began?

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

3. Which of the following is one major type of resource that American citizens were deprived of during the war?

4. Which of the following best describes what the author believes about the US media's depiction of warfare?

5. Many idioms originating in the war might be described as which of the following?

Short Essay Questions

1. When were more enduring war novels written and why were they written during this time period?

2. How did soldiers react to the media's presentation of the war?

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

4. How did the average soldier view the war?

5. What qualities caused an idiom to transfer to enter the general vocabulary?

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

7. Why did wartime reporting often fail to capture the realities of warfare?

8. What does RADAR stand for?

9. Simply stated, what is the policy of "accentuating the positive"?

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

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