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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Myth, Ritual, and Romance.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man, in what year was George Sherson's best friend shot at the front?
(a) 1920.
(b) 1910.
(c) 1915.
(d) 1925.

2. In what month was the peace armistice signed for World War I?
(a) September.
(b) November.
(c) August.
(d) October.

3. What country's submarines were active in the Atlantic and ultimately brought America into World War I?
(a) France.
(b) Germany.
(c) Scotland.
(d) Britian.

4. Siegfried Sassoon's last volume deals with what American history time span?
(a) World War II to present.
(b) World War I to World War II.
(c) American Revolution to Civil War.
(d) Civil War to World War I.

5. At the beginning of World War I, what was the British's biggest problem?
(a) They were not prepared.
(b) They were ill.
(c) They were badly injured.
(d) They lost their military leader.

Short Answer Questions

1. One store that had a gift assortment that could be sent to men at the front was _____.

2. What time in the morning did the day begin for the troops in the trenches?

3. Where did this battle the British commander was preparing for against the Germans take place?

4. Who does Fussell refer to as the master of spiritual irony?

5. What are along the Somme today where the fierce battles were fought?

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