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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 was the last line of the trenches referred to as?
(a) Support line.
(b) Front line.
(c) Reserve line.
(d) Last line.

2. What color are the Germans usually described in by soldiers who spent long periods of time in the trenches?
(a) Black.
(b) Blue.
(c) Brown.
(d) Grey.

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

4. According to Fussell, personalities change as people are exposed to _____.
(a) Rumors.
(b) War.
(c) Weapons.
(d) Drugs.

5. What colors came to symbolize injury and hospitalization?
(a) Red, white, and green.
(b) Red, white, and blue.
(c) Yellow, red, and blue.
(d) Yellow, red, and green.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many men were killed on one day in the 1916 battle between the Germans and the British?

3. About how far from the enemy were the first line of troops stationed in the trenches?

4. According to the crucifixion story, what was the soldier crucified to?

5. According to the British commander, what was obvious to him throughout the first part of the war?

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