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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. About how far from the enemy were the first line of troops stationed in the trenches?
(a) One hundred fifty yards.
(b) Fifty yards.
(c) Two hundred fifty yards.
(d) Two hundred yards.

2. What are some different types of trenches called?
(a) Firing trenches.
(b) All answers are correct.
(c) Communication trenches.
(d) Saps

3. If it was a quiet day, what did troops do during the day?
(a) Made repairs to equipment and trenches.
(b) Wrote letters.
(c) Relaxed.
(d) All answers are correct.

4. What did George Sherston refer to his good luck piece as?
(a) No answers are correct.
(b) Pocket sunrise.
(c) Pocket dawn.
(d) Pocket sunset.

5. In "How Young They Died," a soldier, after two weeks in France, feels how?
(a) Confused.
(b) Disgusted.
(c) Happy.
(d) Mad.

Short Answer Questions

1. What trench type was four to six feet wide and six to eight feet deep?

2. What was the title of the poem that spoke of the symbolization for the colors for hospitalization and injury?

3. Within the trenches, how many lines of troops were stationed there in war time?

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

5. What is the second part of the trilogy concerned with?

(see the answer key)

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