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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. At the 1916 Haig disaster, what equipment was introduced as a weapon?
(a) All answers are incorrect.
(b) Rifle.
(c) Machine gun.
(d) Tank.

2. According to Fussell, modern war requires an accompanying ______.
(a) Peace.
(b) Language.
(c) Literature.
(d) Innocence.

3. By the end of 1917, Germany had shifted their troops in what direction?
(a) Eastern Front.
(b) Southern Front.
(c) Western Front.
(d) Northern Front.

4. The soldiers in the trenches are subject to the commands of who?
(a) Officers in the rear.
(b) All answers are incorrect.
(c) No one.
(d) Officers on the front line.

5. According to Fussell, what has been affected by time and war?
(a) Language.
(b) Peace.
(c) Innocence.
(d) Literature.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When soldiers wrote letters home, they were not always _____.

3. This rumor also stated that this German person was wearing _____.

4. Writers during the war chose to write about what as a popular topic?

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

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