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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 did men use to see out of the trenches?
(a) Telescope.
(b) Their eyes.
(c) Binoculars.
(d) Periscopes.

2. The farmers who continued to work their fields behind the lines were surrounded by what?
(a) Troops.
(b) Fences.
(c) Rumors.
(d) Guards.

3. During World War II, where did many soldiers fight from?
(a) Close to home.
(b) In another country.
(c) Far from home.
(d) On another continent.

4. Fussell begins by quoting a poem by whom?
(a) Walt Whitman.
(b) Thomas Hardy.
(c) Laurence Binyon.
(d) George Sherston.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What colors came to symbolize injury and hospitalization?

2. What are the prolonged implications from soldiers forced in the trenches for a long period of time?

3. According to Fussell, what has been affected by time and war?

4. If it was a quiet day, what did troops do during the day?

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

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