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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 month and year did America enter World War I?
(a) April 1918.
(b) May 1917.
(c) March 1918.
(d) April 1917.

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

3. Some German trenches included what special features?
(a) Electricity.
(b) All answers are correct.
(c) Kitchens.
(d) Bunk beds.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Most of the author's reference of sunrise and sunset are gone by what?

2. How many men lost their lives in World War I?

3. About how far from the enemy were the first line of troops stationed in the trenches?

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

5. At the beginning of World War I, what was the British's biggest problem?

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