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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What were these trenches called?
(a) Line of Belguim.
(b) French ditches.
(c) German Line.
(d) British Line.

2. What type of flower is associated with the pastoral?
(a) Petunias
(b) Wildflowers.
(c) Poppies.
(d) Daisies.

3. Who was Robert Graves Lieutenant when he joins the First Battalion?
(a) David Thomas.
(b) George Sherston.
(c) George Adams.
(d) Anthony Burgess.

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

5. Imaginations of the mind are displayed by Fussell through what type of literature?
(a) English.
(b) Blunden.
(c) French.
(d) Post war.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Fussell, what has been affected by time and war?

2. In Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man, in what year was George Sherson's best friend shot at the front?

3. In "Exposure," where are the men freezing?

4. Fussell demonstrates the troops making a vocabulary that developed and they used in everyday life. What word was used to refer to passing units on the road?

5. Where was the pre-war class system the most pronounced?

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