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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When soldiers wrote letters home, they were not always _____.
(a) Respectful when writing about others.
(b) Candid.
(c) Honest.
(d) All answers are correct.

2. What are the prolonged implications from soldiers forced in the trenches for a long period of time?
(a) All answers are correct.
(b) Political.
(c) Psychological.
(d) Social.

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

4. In Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man, in what year was George Sherson's best friend shot at the front?
(a) 1920.
(b) 1915.
(c) 1925.
(d) 1910.

5. According to Fussell, what has been affected by time and war?
(a) Language.
(b) Literature.
(c) Peace.
(d) Innocence.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The soldiers in the trenches are subject to the commands of who?

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

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

5. What were these trenches called?

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