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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 type of story is specifically cited as being unlikely to be reported by mainstream media of the era?
(a) Hardships of the front lines.
(b) Set backs during offensives.
(c) German bombing of allied cities.
(d) Massive casualties.

2. How did advertisers change their strategies during the war?
(a) They linked their products to the war effort.
(b) They marketed primarily to the military planners.
(c) They distanced their products from the war.
(d) They linked their campaigns to military campaigns.

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

4. Who was the editor of Horizon?
(a) Nigel Dennis.
(b) Stanley Milgram.
(c) Anthony Edwards.
(d) Cyril Connolly.

5. When were most enduring war novels written?
(a) During the later days of the war.
(b) Before America's entry into the war.
(c) After the war.
(d) During the early days of the war.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Most of the efforts discussed in America and Britain were aimed at which of the following?

3. What was one innovation in book publishing that came out of the war?

4. Public media took its cues from what source?

5. Most soldiers believed that their actual wartime experiences would be reported when?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the average soldier view the war?

2. What does RADAR stand for?

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

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

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

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

7. What difficulties did the publishing industry face during the war?

8. How did the media imply God's involvement in the war?

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

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

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