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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Myth, Ritual, and Romance.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the 1916 Haig disaster, what equipment was introduced as a weapon?
(a) Tank.
(b) All answers are incorrect.
(c) Rifle.
(d) Machine gun.

2. Most of the author's reference of sunrise and sunset are gone by what?
(a) World War I.
(b) No answers are correct.
(c) Civil War.
(d) World War II.

3. At the beginning of World War I, who was the British commander?
(a) Sir Douglas Haig.
(b) General Sir George Plumer.
(c) Thomas Hardy.
(d) George Sherston.

4. Within the trenches, how many lines of troops were stationed there in war time?
(a) Four.
(b) Two.
(c) Three.
(d) Five.

5. What is the second part of the trilogy concerned with?
(a) No answers are correct.
(b) Irony of war.
(c) Love of war.
(d) Casualty of war.

Short Answer Questions

1. Fussell refers to the Great War as what?

2. Altogether, the Sassoon trilogy makes what type of point to the reader?

3. Fussell mentions that an author writes about the German person in the trenches prior to wartime. Who is it?

4. When was the final volume of the trilogy written?

5. During war time, what was censored?

(see the answer key)

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