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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. The compensation from the title of Chapter 15 refers to what?

2. What was a soldier's primary source of information?

3. Chapter 10 centers around the common soldier's perception of what characteristic of the war?

4. Many terms that persisted after the war had what quality?

5. What was done in England to frustrate a potential invading force?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did soldiers react to the media's presentation of the war?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

During the war, the official state media and the public media colluded together to create a uniform and sterilized presentation of the war.

1) Explain how and why the public and state media colluded with each other during the war, and what the results of this collusion were.

2) Discuss why was it considered important to present a unified and homogeneous vision of the war's progress.

3) Discuss the morale nature of the decision to control and suppress the freedom of the media during the war. Explain some of the justifications for these actions and make a final assessment as to whether or not this trend was morally acceptable.

Essay Topic 2

For the first time during World War II, soldiers were treated as perfectly uniform and interchangeable parts. This treatment gradually crept into the minds of the men, further damaging their sense of self-worth.

1) Explain the concept of individuality and its importance and prevalence in a Democracy like America.

2) Discuss how and why soldiers were treated as being faceless and non-unique for the first time during World War II.

3) Describe the impact that this treatment had on American soldiers, and what problems it caused for them.

Essay Topic 3

Most soldiers quickly developed a feeling that there was no meaning for the war. Although they were frequently told what they were fighting for, they had no idea why they were fighting,

1) Explain why many soldiers felt that there was an ideological void in the meaning and purpose of the war.

2) Discuss some attempts that the media made to fill this void and discuss why these attempts did not resonate with the soldiers. What were troops told they were fighting for?

3) Explain the consequences of this ideological void on the psychological states and lives of individual soldiers.

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