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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Soldier Boys.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Because of their secret, both of the main characters in "But It Still Goes On" are what?
(a) Sad.
(b) Nervous.
(c) Excited.
(d) Afraid.

2. What are along the Somme today where the fierce battles were fought?
(a) Vegetable fields.
(b) Highways.
(c) Residential houses.
(d) Fruit orchards.

3. Where were there two movements that coincided at the time of the Great War?
(a) Scotland.
(b) England.
(c) Germany.
(d) France.

4. Who allowed the publication of Wilfred Owen's works after his death?
(a) Father.
(b) Publisher.
(c) Commanding officer.
(d) Mother.

5. At what age did Robert Grave's enter the military?
(a) Eighteen.
(b) Nineteen.
(c) Twenty.
(d) Sixteen.

Short Answer Questions

1. Fussell mentions that an author writes about the German person in the trenches prior to wartime. Who is it?

2. Fussell points out that what country's soldiers exude moral superiority?

3. Sheep and shepherds by themselves are not pastoral. What might you add to them to make them pastoral?

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

5. Before World War I, how many years had it been since Britian was engaged in a major war?

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