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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. One movement that occurred in England at the time of the Great War promoted a belief that education should consist of classical and English _____.
(a) Literature.
(b) Folklore.
(c) Music.
(d) No answers are correct.

2. Over a period of time, the soldiers became polarized in their _____.
(a) Spending money.
(b) Thinking.
(c) Communication.
(d) Way of life.

3. Who is the author of the story "How Young They Died;" referred to in The Great War and Modern Memory?
(a) Laurence Binyon.
(b) Stuart Cloete.
(c) Siegfried Sassoon.
(d) George Sherston.

4. What is the second part of the trilogy concerned with?
(a) No answers are correct.
(b) Casualty of war.
(c) Irony of war.
(d) Love of war.

5. Who is the author of "But It Still Goes On?"
(a) Sassoon.
(b) Graves.
(c) Douglas.
(d) Prince.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the army give soldiers a life not complicated by?

2. Fussell mentions that some people thought that a certain language was not adequate enough to deal with war. Which language is it?

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

4. The eighteen square mile enclosure in which troops were trapped and subject to shelling from all sides is Fussell's example of _____.

5. According to this crucifixion story, who stood around until this soldier died?

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