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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Theater of War.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What were these trenches called?
(a) British Line.
(b) German Line.
(c) French ditches.
(d) Line of Belguim.

2. Siegfried Sassoon's last volume deals with what American history time span?
(a) American Revolution to Civil War.
(b) World War I to World War II.
(c) World War II to present.
(d) Civil War to World War I.

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

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

5. Fussell demonstrates the use of pet names for cities and places. What word was used to refer to eat-apples?
(a) Idiot Crossroads.
(b) Etaples.
(c) Old Jerry.
(d) Bugger.

Short Answer Questions

1. One movement that occurred in England at the time of the Great War promoted a belief that education should consist of classical and English _____.

2. Pilgrim's Progress is mentioned quite a bit with its references and allusions to _____.

3. Who does Robert Graves meet when he joins the First Battalion?

4. When Graves recovers, he returns to his unit. Where is his unit stationed?

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

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