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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Adversary Proceedings.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What country's submarines were active in the Atlantic and ultimately brought America into World War I?
(a) Germany.
(b) France.
(c) Britian.
(d) Scotland.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. George Sherston used to carry what as a good luck piece?

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

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

5. Some German trenches included what special features?

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