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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the last line of the trenches referred to as?
(a) Front line.
(b) Last line.
(c) Support line.
(d) Reserve line.

2. Within the trenches, how many lines of troops were stationed there in war time?
(a) Two.
(b) Four.
(c) Three.
(d) Five.

3. According to Fussell, modern war requires an accompanying ______.
(a) Innocence.
(b) Language.
(c) Peace.
(d) Literature.

4. Who does Fussell refer to as the master of spiritual irony?
(a) George Sherston.
(b) Sir Douglas Haig.
(c) General Sir George Plumer.
(d) Thomas Hardy.

5. How many men were killed on one day in the 1916 battle between the Germans and the British?
(a) More than seventy thousand men.
(b) More than sixty thousand men.
(c) More than fifty thousand men.
(d) More than forty thousand men.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. One store that had a gift assortment that could be sent to men at the front was _____.

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

4. Where did this battle the British commander was preparing for against the Germans take place?

5. What services continued during the war to make the soldiers feel very close to home?

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