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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Soldier Boys.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Fussell refer to as the master of spiritual irony?
(a) General Sir George Plumer.
(b) Sir Douglas Haig.
(c) Thomas Hardy.
(d) George Sherston.

2. In total, about how many miles of trenches were built around an area and used around the winter of 1914?
(a) Two thousand five hundred.
(b) Two thousand.
(c) Three thousand.
(d) One thousand.

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

4. In what month was the peace armistice signed for World War I?
(a) October.
(b) August.
(c) September.
(d) November.

5. What happened to some of the new language adapted from the war?
(a) Died after World War II.
(b) Lost with the Great Depression.
(c) Died after World War I.
(d) Still in use today.

Short Answer Questions

1. Fussell shows that some words, such as trench coat, stemmed from _____.

2. What type of soldiers are considered vulnerable in wartime literature?

3. What did the army give soldiers a life not complicated by?

4. Fussell refers to the Great War as what?

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

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