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

2. Most of the author's reference of sunrise and sunset are gone by what?
(a) World War II.
(b) Civil War.
(c) World War I.
(d) No answers are correct.

3. What was the difference between British commanders Haig and Plumer?
(a) Strategic planning.
(b) Imagination.
(c) Experience.
(d) Training.

4. Fussell points out that what country's soldiers exude moral superiority?
(a) Scotland.
(b) Germany.
(c) Britian.
(d) France.

5. According to Fussell, modern war requires an accompanying ______.
(a) Peace.
(b) Literature.
(c) Innocence.
(d) Language.

Short Answer Questions

1. By mid-December 1914, British troops had been fighting on the Continent for how long?

2. The soldiers in the trenches are subject to the commands of who?

3. Fussell begins by quoting a poem by whom?

4. Pilgrim's Progress is mentioned quite a bit with its references and allusions to _____.

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

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