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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 a soldier's primary source of information?
(a) Hand bills and flyers.
(b) Stateside media.
(c) Official military publications.
(d) Word of mouth.

2. The term "Chad" originated where?
(a) Occupied Germany.
(b) Free France.
(c) England.
(d) America.

3. Overall, the reading experience of most citizens and soldiers could best be described as which of the following?
(a) Challenging.
(b) Monotonous.
(c) Exciting.
(d) Basic.

4. Which of the following is NOT one of the ways that American soldiers were usually portrayed by the media?
(a) Successful.
(b) Happy.
(c) Experienced.
(d) Constructive.

5. What is one major product for which many improvised substitutes were devised?
(a) Bread.
(b) Gasoline.
(c) Coffee.
(d) Butter.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did most media outlets adopts their reaction to the requirements placed on them?

2. Public media took its cues from what source?

3. What was the impact of the relatively large number of books read by some servicemen during the war?

4. Creepback is a phenomenon occurring in what?

5. The soldiers' primary sources of information primarily focused on what subject?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does RADAR stand for?

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

6. What was the overall reading experience of citizens and soldiers like during the war?

7. Overall, what was the media portrayal of the war like?

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

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

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

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