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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. Most of the efforts discussed in America and Britain were aimed at which of the following?
(a) Reducing use of products.
(b) Increasing the resiliency of industry.
(c) Creating new products.
(d) Getting citizens to manufacture products in their space time.

2. Which of the following is NOT one way that soldiers perceived of the war?
(a) Unjust.
(b) Inconvenient.
(c) Dangerous.
(d) Uncomfortable.

3. Overall, the author believes that the political and media-based interpretation of the war was what?
(a) Detached from reality.
(b) Foolish.
(c) Uninformed.
(d) Intentionally deceitful.

4. Chapter 10 centers around the common soldier's perception of what characteristic of the war?
(a) Its diplomatic nature.
(b) The technology used in it.
(c) Its progress.
(d) Its ideological nature.

5. Who controlled access to war zones for public media staff?
(a) The executive branch.
(b) War planners.
(c) The state media.
(d) The military.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the author establish the common soldier's opinion of the meaning of the war?

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

3. Why were did the most enduring war novels come out of a certain time period?

4. Which of the following was a predominant source of media during World War II?

5. To soldiers, war reporting lacked what familiar element?

Short Essay Questions

1. How and why did the media fail to report the entire story of the war?

2. How often did soldiers read and what impact did it have on them?

3. How did most media outlets react to the requirements placed on them?

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

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

6. What did front line troops usually believe about depictions of their wartime experiences?

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

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

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

10. What types of stories would be most likely to be reported on?

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