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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. Which of the following is NOT one of the resources that the author cites specifically as being scarce during the war?

2. The deprivation that the title of Chapter 14 refers to is a deprivation of what resource?

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

4. Who was the editor of Horizon?

5. Idioms were often adapted to what medium?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What is one type of preparation that was made in England in anticipation of an invasion?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

When it entered into World War II, America was at a disadvantage in terms of its equipment, and struggled long and hard to correct these problems.

1) Explain the state of military equipment in the American army when the US entered the war. Discuss some of the problems in design, scale and distribution.

2) Describe some of the consequences of these inadequacies for American troops on the battlefield.

3) Discuss the process that brought America's army up to date and in line with modern standards.

Essay Topic 2

When America entered the war the country had mixed feelings but was generally optimistic. However, some of the rosy predictions of the American public proved to be woefully inaccurate and the nation struggled hard and suffered great loss in order to defeat the axis.

1) Explain the opinion of most Americans towards their prospects in the war at the time that America entered the war. What kinds of attitudes and doctrines dominated? How long did most Americans think the war would take to win?

2) List and describe the resources that Americans believed they would use to obtain victory.

3) Discuss how American optimism caused mistakes during the early parts of the war, and how it supported the war effort later.

4) Explain some of the changes in the American attitude towards the war that occurred as it dragged on and it became clear that early predictions would not come true.

Essay Topic 3

Rumors emerged and spread rapidly through the ranks of the enlisted men during World War II, and were apparently believed by many soldiers - sometimes by soldiers on both sides of the war.

1) Explain why rumors were likely to emerge in the conditions that soldiers lived in. What did rumors provide for the soldiers?

2) Discuss some of the types of rumors believed by the soldiers.

3) Speculate as to why fanciful and easily disprovable ideas were continued to be embraced.

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