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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The eighteen square mile enclosure in which troops were trapped and subject to shelling from all sides is Fussell's example of _____.
(a) Aliteration.
(b) Euphemism.
(c) Equivocation.
(d) Allusion.

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

3. During World War II, where did many soldiers fight from?
(a) Close to home.
(b) On another continent.
(c) In another country.
(d) Far from home.

4. What did the rose mean to many people in England?
(a) Imagination.
(b) Inspiration.
(c) Beauty.
(d) Loyalty.

5. The war changed the language and people tried to find terms that did what?
(a) Tried to focus on peace.
(b) Softened the effects of the realities of the war.
(c) Focused on forgiveness.
(d) No answers are correct.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the 1916 Haig disaster, what equipment was introduced as a weapon?

2. When Graves recovers, he returns to his unit. Where is his unit stationed?

3. What is the second part of the trilogy concerned with?

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

5. What country's submarines were active in the Atlantic and ultimately brought America into World War I?

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