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

2. According to the British commander, what was obvious to him throughout the first part of the war?
(a) They needed men to enlist.
(b) They needed a better attack plan.
(c) They needed a stronger army.
(d) They needed more army members.

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

4. Fussell mentions that an author writes about the German person in the trenches prior to wartime. Who is it?
(a) Siegfried Sassoon.
(b) George Coppard.
(c) George Sherston.
(d) Henry Williams.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the author of the poem that spoke of symbolism for the colors for hospitalization and injury?

2. The last of the volumes of Siegfried Sassoon's works is called _____.

3. What year was the last of Siegfried Sassoon's volumes published?

4. At the beginning of World War I, who was the British commander?

5. What month and year did America enter World War I?

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