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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Oh What a Literary War.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. George Sherston used to carry what as a good luck piece?
(a) A pen.
(b) A feather.
(c) A chunk of fire opal.
(d) A four leaf clover.

2. In "How Young They Died," a soldier, when being sent to France, feels how?
(a) Cheerful.
(b) Sad.
(c) Confused.
(d) Angry.

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

4. One store that had a gift assortment that could be sent to men at the front was _____.
(a) Sears.
(b) Harrods.
(c) JC Penney.
(d) Macy's.

5. What trench type was four to six feet wide and six to eight feet deep?
(a) Firing trench.
(b) Sap.
(c) Communication trench.
(d) No answers are correct.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the third volume of the trilogy, where is Sherston?

2. What colors came to symbolize injury and hospitalization?

3. The farmers who continued to work their fields behind the lines were surrounded by what?

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

5. What was the difference between British commanders Haig and Plumer?

(see the answer key)

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