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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. According to the crucifixion story, what was the soldier crucified to?
(a) Fence.
(b) Tree.
(c) Pole.
(d) Board.

2. In Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man where is the main character in autumn of 1914?
(a) Reserve Line.
(b) Firing Line.
(c) Front Line.
(d) Cavalry.

3. Altogether, the Sassoon trilogy makes what type of point to the reader?
(a) Moral.
(b) Social.
(c) Logical.
(d) Pyschological.

4. Fussell mentions that some people thought that a certain language was not adequate enough to deal with war. Which language is it?
(a) German.
(b) Spanish.
(c) French.
(d) English.

5. When was the final volume of the trilogy written?
(a) The Great Depression.
(b) World War II.
(c) Civil War.
(d) World War I.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where were there two movements that coincided at the time of the Great War?

3. Where were there trenches buried underground for about four hundred miles?

4. Some German trenches included what special features?

5. In "Oh What a Literary War," the literature of the time is alive with _____.

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