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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did men use to see out of the trenches?
(a) Binoculars.
(b) Their eyes.
(c) Telescope.
(d) Periscopes.

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

4. Fussell quotes Hardy, "Irony is the attendant of hope, and the fuel of hope is _______"
(a) Language.
(b) Innocence.
(c) Literature.
(d) Peace.

5. What services continued during the war to make the soldiers feel very close to home?
(a) Magazine subscriptions.
(b) All answers are correct.
(c) Newspaper delivery.
(d) Mail service.

Short Answer Questions

1. Writers during the war chose to write about what as a popular topic?

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

3. Within the trenches, how many lines of troops were stationed there in war time?

4. How were the German trenches in contrast to the British trenches?

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

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