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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Before World War I, how many years had it been since Britian was engaged in a major war?
(a) One hundred fifty years.
(b) One hundred years.
(c) Two hundred years.
(d) Fifty years.

2. How long in 1916 did the British commander prepare his troops for the battle against the Germans?
(a) Last five months.
(b) First six months.
(c) First six months.
(d) Last six months.

3. In "How Young They Died," a soldier, after two weeks in France, feels how?
(a) Mad.
(b) Confused.
(c) Disgusted.
(d) Happy.

4. If it was a quiet day, what did troops do during the day?
(a) All answers are correct.
(b) Made repairs to equipment and trenches.
(c) Wrote letters.
(d) Relaxed.

5. What is the title of the final volume of the trilogy?
(a) Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man.
(b) Sherston's Progress.
(c) No answers are correct.
(d) Memoirs of an Infantry Officer.

Short Answer Questions

1. In many instances for soldiers in battle, the mind imagines what to be larger than life?

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 By the end of 1917, which country had withdrawn from the war due to the Bolshevik Revolution?

3. At the 1916 Haig disaster, what equipment was introduced as a weapon?

4. Siegfried Sassoon's last volume deals with what American history time span?

5. In total, about how many miles of trenches were built around an area and used around the winter of 1914?

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