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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. What is the title of the final volume of the trilogy?
(a) Sherston's Progress.
(b) Memoirs of an Infantry Officer.
(c) No answers are correct.
(d) Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man.

2. According to the crucifixion story, what held this soldiers hands and feet so that this soldier was crucified?
(a) Rifles.
(b) Spikes.
(c) Sticks.
(d) Bayonets.

3. What trench was the shallowest and used to advance a position?
(a) No answers are correct.
(b) Sap.
(c) Firing trench.
(d) Communication trench.

4. Some rumors fed many _____.
(a) Folktails.
(b) Lies.
(c) Poems.
(d) Short stories.

5. In many instances for soldiers in battle, the mind imagines what to be larger than life?
(a) The enemy.
(b) Victory.
(c) Returning home.
(d) Defeat.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to this crucifixion story, who stood around until this soldier died?

2. By mid-December 1914, British troops had been fighting on the Continent for how long?

3. What author does Fussell mention in representing the idea of crucifixion?

4. Fussell begins by quoting a poem by whom?

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

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