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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. About how far from the enemy were the first line of troops stationed in the trenches?
(a) Two hundred yards.
(b) One hundred fifty yards.
(c) Fifty yards.
(d) Two hundred fifty yards.

2. What did the army give soldiers a life not complicated by?
(a) Sex.
(b) Fights.
(c) Love.
(d) Women.

3. What type of bird is associated with dawn?
(a) Robins.
(b) Eagles.
(c) Nightingales.
(d) Larks.

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

5. A rumor of most wars concerns _____.
(a) Generals.
(b) Officers.
(c) Deserters.
(d) Troops.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Fussell, personalities change as people are exposed to _____.

2. What type of world is a soldier's world in the battlefield?

3. The writer George Sherston uses the sky to describe _____.

4. Fussell makes reference that some people thought the direction the farmers were plowing was an indication of _____.

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

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