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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. Books produced specifically for servicemen were made specially in what way?
(a) They came with waterproof covers.
(b) They were bound with extra strength.
(c) They usually had a steel backing.
(d) They were sized to fit in their pockets.

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

3. How completely did the mainstream media cover events of the war?
(a) Their coverage was irregular and random.
(b) They tried hard to tell the whole story.
(c) They covered only a small part of the story.
(d) They covered small pieces from all sides of the story.

4. Most soldiers believed that their actual wartime experiences would be reported when?
(a) Only during the war.
(b) Never.
(c) Soon after the war.
(d) Long after the war.

5. The compensation from the title of Chapter 15 refers to what?
(a) Good things that came out of the war.
(b) Pay for soldiers.
(c) Allied victories.
(d) The upside of excessive patriotism.

Short Answer Questions

1. Overall, the media coverage of the war would best be described as which of the following?

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

3. Which of the following was one of the major publishers to continue to produce books in the manner adopted during the war?

4. What impact of Horizon is considered briefly at the end of Chapter 15?

5. How were most economies organized after the war began?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did the media interpret the suffering of the nation's citizenry?

3. What does RADAR stand for?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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