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

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

3. According to Fussell, personalities change as people are exposed to _____.
(a) Weapons.
(b) Drugs.
(c) War.
(d) Rumors.

4. If it was a quiet day, what did troops do during the day?
(a) Wrote letters.
(b) Made repairs to equipment and trenches.
(c) All answers are correct.
(d) Relaxed.

5. By the end of 1917, Germany had shifted their troops in what direction?
(a) Western Front.
(b) Northern Front.
(c) Eastern Front.
(d) Southern Front.

Short Answer Questions

1. Writers during the war chose to write about what as a popular topic?

2. How were the German trenches in contrast to the British trenches?

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

4. Rumors of war have what type of effect?

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

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