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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the speaker at an elegy become aware of?
(a) His own creativity.
(b) His own sensitivity.
(c) His own empathy.
(d) His own mortality.

2. Imaginations of the mind are displayed by Fussell through what type of literature?
(a) French.
(b) English.
(c) Blunden.
(d) Post war.

3. What type of bird is associated with dawn?
(a) Larks.
(b) Eagles.
(c) Nightingales.
(d) Robins.

4. Before World War I, how many years had it been since Britian was engaged in a major war?
(a) One hundred fifty years.
(b) Fifty years.
(c) Two hundred years.
(d) One hundred years.

5. Pilgrim's Progress is mentioned quite a bit with its references and allusions to _____.
(a) Germany.
(b) Thanksgiving.
(c) War.
(d) England.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did George Sherston refer to his good luck piece as?

2. During war time, what was censored?

3. Fussell shares a story of a soldier who was said to be crucified. What country is this soldier from?

4. What colors came to symbolize injury and hospitalization?

5. What number played prominently in the methodology of the war?

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