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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Arcadian Recourses.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. During this time, what was considered the main form of entertainment?
(a) Literature and the arts.
(b) All answers are correct.
(c) Sports.
(d) Classical music.

3. What color are the Germans usually described in by soldiers who spent long periods of time in the trenches?
(a) Black.
(b) Brown.
(c) Blue.
(d) Grey.

4. "Death was denoted as going west, going out of it, or going under." Fussell uses these to show examples of _____.
(a) Aliteration.
(b) Euphemism.
(c) Allusion.
(d) Equivocation.

5. The war changed the language and people tried to find terms that did what?
(a) Focused on forgiveness.
(b) Softened the effects of the realities of the war.
(c) Tried to focus on peace.
(d) No answers are correct.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the title of the second part of the trilogy?

2. In Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man where is the main character in autumn of 1914?

3. Who is the author of "Exposure"?

4. Within writings, there are many comparisons of soldiers as sheep being led where?

5. Over a period of time, the soldiers became polarized in their _____.

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