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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After he returns to his unit, what does Graves get sent to the hospital for?
(a) Bronchitis.
(b) Appendicitus.
(c) Mental illness.
(d) Severe fever.

2. What month and year did America enter World War I?
(a) April 1918.
(b) March 1918.
(c) May 1917.
(d) April 1917.

3. During this time, what was considered the main form of entertainment?
(a) Literature and the arts.
(b) All answers are correct.
(c) Classical music.
(d) Sports.

4. Where were there trenches buried underground for about four hundred miles?
(a) Germany and Britian.
(b) France and Germany.
(c) Belguim and Germany.
(d) France and Belguim.

5. In Robert Graves work, Goodbye to All That, Graves tells the story of his own life. In battle his friend is killed in action. What happens to Graves while in battle?
(a) Suffers a mental breakdown.
(b) Seriously injured.
(c) Dies.
(d) Discharged.

Short Answer Questions

1. If it was a quiet day, what did troops do during the day?

2. What time in the morning did the day begin for the troops in the trenches?

3. Who does Fussell refer to as the master of spiritual irony?

4. In what month was the peace armistice signed for World War I?

5. What were people placed on the social scale for in the most pronounced pre-war class system?

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