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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 "Oh What a Literary War," the literature of the time is alive with _____.
(a) Allusion.
(b) Realism.
(c) Imagination.
(d) Beauty.

2. The British had failed to do what by Christmas 1915?
(a) Win the war.
(b) Win any battles.
(c) Start a piece treaty.
(d) Break through German lines.

3. According to this crucifixion story, who stood around until this soldier died?
(a) British.
(b) French.
(c) Germans.
(d) Canadians.

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

5. A rumor of most wars concerns _____.
(a) Officers.
(b) Deserters.
(c) Generals.
(d) Troops.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man, in what year was George Sherson's best friend shot at the front?

2. Fussell begins by quoting a poem by whom?

3. What services continued during the war to make the soldiers feel very close to home?

4. What style does Fussell show as being the direst way of saying what transpired, instead of using symbols or allusion?

5. "Death was denoted as going west, going out of it, or going under." Fussell uses these to show examples of _____.

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