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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 time in the morning did the day begin for the troops in the trenches?
(a) Four oclock.
(b) Five thirty.
(c) Three thirty.
(d) Four thirty.

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

3. In his writing, Hardy captures the fact he could hear _____ across the Channel?
(a) Airplanes.
(b) Gunfire.
(c) Explosions.
(d) Bombs.

4. The British had failed to do what by Christmas 1915?
(a) Break through German lines.
(b) Win the war.
(c) Win any battles.
(d) Start a piece treaty.

5. Where did this battle the British commander was preparing for against the Germans take place?
(a) Somme.
(b) Britian.
(c) Germany.
(d) Atlantic.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did George Sherston refer to his good luck piece as?

3. What month and year did America enter World War I?

4. If it was a quiet day, what did troops do during the day?

5. How many men were killed on one day in the 1916 battle between the Germans and the British?

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