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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the beginning of World War I, what was the British's biggest problem?
(a) They lost their military leader.
(b) They were not prepared.
(c) They were badly injured.
(d) They were ill.

2. By the end of 1917, Germany had shifted their troops in what direction?
(a) Northern Front.
(b) Eastern Front.
(c) Southern Front.
(d) Western Front.

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

4. Fussell refers to the Great War as what?
(a) The most ironic and the most humorous.
(b) The most hideous and the most humorous.
(c) The most hideous and the most outrageous.
(d) The most hideous and the most ironic.

5. When soldiers wrote letters home, they were not always _____.
(a) Respectful when writing about others.
(b) All answers are correct.
(c) Candid.
(d) Honest.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Fussell begins by quoting a poem by whom?

4. How many men were killed on one day in the 1916 battle between the Germans and the British?

5. Writers during the war chose to write about what as a popular topic?

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