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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What services continued during the war to make the soldiers feel very close to home?
(a) All answers are correct.
(b) Mail service.
(c) Magazine subscriptions.
(d) Newspaper delivery.

2. At the 1916 Haig disaster, what equipment was introduced as a weapon?
(a) Machine gun.
(b) Tank.
(c) Rifle.
(d) All answers are incorrect.

3. In his writing, Hardy captures the fact he could hear _____ across the Channel?
(a) Airplanes.
(b) Gunfire.
(c) Explosions.
(d) Bombs.

4. Within the trenches, how many lines of troops were stationed there in war time?
(a) Four.
(b) Three.
(c) Two.
(d) Five.

5. What was the last line of the trenches referred to as?
(a) Front line.
(b) Support line.
(c) Reserve line.
(d) Last line.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is the main character in the book Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man, the book that Fussell uses for discussion?

3. What is the second part of the trilogy concerned with?

4. If it was a quiet day, what did troops do during the day?

5. By the end of 1917, Germany had shifted their troops in what direction?

(see the answer key)

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