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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. In "How Young They Died," a soldier, when being sent to France, feels how?
(a) Cheerful.
(b) Confused.
(c) Sad.
(d) Angry.

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

3. What author does Fussell mention in representing the idea of crucifixion?
(a) All answers are correct.
(b) Sigfried Sassoon.
(c) Robert Nichol.
(d) Wilfred Owen.

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

5. According to the crucifixion story, what was the soldier crucified to?
(a) Tree.
(b) Fence.
(c) Board.
(d) Pole.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "How Young They Died," a soldier, after two weeks in France, feels how?

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

3. Over a period of time, the soldiers became polarized in their _____.

4. What is the title of the final volume of the trilogy?

5. Fussell quotes Hardy, "Irony is the attendant of hope, and the fuel of hope is _______"

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