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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. Citizens were considered subversive if they did not participate in what efforts?
(a) Recycling.
(b) Supporting the troops.
(c) Donating metal for munitions.
(d) Home gardening.

2. Later in the war, the media presented most allied victories as triumphs over what forces?
(a) Godlessness and evil.
(b) Forsaken people and outdated beliefs.
(c) Tyranny and oppression.
(d) Superstition and slavery.

3. "Accentuate the positive" describes a media strategy to do what?
(a) Deny cover ups and scandals.
(b) Emphasize American successes.
(c) Keep American's thoroughly informed.
(d) Write in a positive way.

4. Which of the following was a predominant source of media during World War II?
(a) Flyers and handbills.
(b) Print Advertisements.
(c) Public Address.
(d) Radio.

5. The soldiers' primary sources of information primarily focused on what subject?
(a) The enemy.
(b) The war effort.
(c) The conditions at home.
(d) Military intelligence.

Short Answer Questions

1. Books produced specifically for servicemen were made specially in what way?

2. Which of the following is an example of an official idiom first used in World War II?

3. Which of the following best describes how commonly the media falsified war stories?

4. Which of the following is NOT one of the things that American soldiers were told they were fighting for?

5. What was one of the causes of the lack of quality in the media and other outlets during the war?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. How did the average soldier view the war?

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

10. What were the aims of most production-related public efforts in the US?

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