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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 Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man, in what year was George Sherson's best friend shot at the front?
(a) 1910.
(b) 1925.
(c) 1915.
(d) 1920.

2. What country's submarines were active in the Atlantic and ultimately brought America into World War I?
(a) Britian.
(b) Scotland.
(c) France.
(d) Germany.

3. Who is the author of the poem that spoke of symbolism for the colors for hospitalization and injury?
(a) R.W.M.
(b) Siegfried Sassoon.
(c) Stuart Cloete.
(d) George Sherston

4. During war time, what was censored?
(a) Press.
(b) Literature.
(c) Writing.
(d) Speech.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. By the end of 1917, which country had withdrawn from the war due to the Bolshevik Revolution?

3. Fussell makes reference that some people thought the direction the farmers were plowing was an indication of _____.

4. Before World War I, how many years had it been since Britian was engaged in a major war?

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

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