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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Adversary Proceedings.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many men were killed on one day in the 1916 battle between the Germans and the British?
(a) More than fifty thousand men.
(b) More than sixty thousand men.
(c) More than seventy thousand men.
(d) More than forty thousand men.

2. How many men lost their lives in World War I?
(a) Nine million.
(b) Eight and a half million.
(c) Eight million.
(d) Ten million.

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

4. Who does Fussell refer to as the master of spiritual irony?
(a) General Sir George Plumer.
(b) Sir Douglas Haig.
(c) Thomas Hardy.
(d) George Sherston.

5. How were the German trenches in contrast to the British trenches?
(a) They are deeper and cleaner.
(b) They are cleaner and wetter.
(c) They are wet and damp.
(d) They are deeper and wetter.

Short Answer Questions

1. When soldiers wrote letters home, they were not always _____.

2. According to the British commander, what was obvious to him throughout the first part of the war?

3. Some German trenches included what special features?

4. Specifically stated in the story, the troops in the trenches felt how?

5. By the end of 1917, which country had withdrawn from the war due to the Bolshevik Revolution?

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