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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 the impact of the mainstream presentation of the war in the American media?
(a) It demoralized the troops.
(b) It invalidated the wartime experience.
(c) It hurt the war effort.
(d) It belittled the soldiers in the war.

2. What was the public reaction to censorship?
(a) It was tolerated occasionally.
(b) It was not generally known of.
(c) It was railed against.
(d) It was accepted.

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

4. What type of magazine was Horizon?
(a) A popular periodical.
(b) A news journal.
(c) A literary journal.
(d) A political magazine.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Most soldiers believed that the meaning and purpose of the war was which of the following?

2. Most idioms of the war arose from which source?

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

4. Overall, the reading experience of most citizens and soldiers could best be described as which of the following?

5. Citizens were considered subversive if they did not participate in what efforts?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What were the most important types of media during the war?

4. What does RADAR stand for?

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

6. How were books adapted for soldiers' use, and how did these changes persist after the war?

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

8. How did the average soldier view the war?

9. What is one way that a person could become considered to be subversive?

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

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