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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Troglodyte World.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Before World War I, how many years had it been since Britian was engaged in a major war?
(a) One hundred years.
(b) One hundred fifty years.
(c) Fifty years.
(d) Two hundred years.

2. The writer George Sherston uses the sky to describe _____.
(a) War time.
(b) Peace time.
(c) Various relationships.
(d) Beauty.

3. What did the British commander think the 1916 battle against Germany would do?
(a) Strengthen British forces.
(b) Weaken British forces.
(c) Bring an end to the war.
(d) Defeat German forces.

4. In total, about how many miles of trenches were built around an area and used around the winter of 1914?
(a) Three thousand.
(b) One thousand.
(c) Two thousand.
(d) Two thousand five hundred.

5. Fussell begins by quoting a poem by whom?
(a) Laurence Binyon.
(b) George Sherston.
(c) Thomas Hardy.
(d) Walt Whitman.

Short Answer Questions

1. Some German trenches included what special features?

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

3. Where were there trenches buried underground for about four hundred miles?

4. What time in the morning did the day begin for the troops in the trenches?

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

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