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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Soldier Boys.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Fussell quotes Hardy, "Irony is the attendant of hope, and the fuel of hope is _______"
(a) Literature.
(b) Language.
(c) Peace.
(d) Innocence.

2. What services continued during the war to make the soldiers feel very close to home?
(a) Magazine subscriptions.
(b) Newspaper delivery.
(c) Mail service.
(d) All answers are correct.

3. What type of flower is associated with the pastoral?
(a) Poppies.
(b) Daisies.
(c) Wildflowers.
(d) Petunias

4. Fussell demonstrates the troops making a vocabulary that developed and they used in everyday life. What word was used to refer to passing units on the road?
(a) Etaples.
(b) Bugger.
(c) Idiot Crossroads.
(d) Old Jerry.

5. Shortly after Graves is released from the hospital the second time, he gets married. What month and year does he get married?
(a) December 1918.
(b) January 1918.
(c) December 1919.
(d) January 1919.

Short Answer Questions

1. Fussell points out that what country's soldiers exude moral superiority?

2. When Robert Graves enters the military, where is he first stationed?

3. What Greek god was young male beauty exemplified by?

4. In his writing, Hardy captures the fact he could hear _____ across the Channel?

5. When soldiers wrote letters home, they were not always _____.

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