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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What trench type was four to six feet wide and six to eight feet deep?
(a) Firing trench.
(b) No answers are correct.
(c) Sap.
(d) Communication trench.

2. During war time, what was censored?
(a) Writing.
(b) Speech.
(c) Literature.
(d) Press.

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

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

5. How long in 1916 did the British commander prepare his troops for the battle against the Germans?
(a) First six months.
(b) Last five months.
(c) Last six months.
(d) First six months.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Fussell mention is a very popular author of the time?

2. What colors came to symbolize injury and hospitalization?

3. What style does Fussell show as being the direst way of saying what transpired, instead of using symbols or allusion?

4. One store that had a gift assortment that could be sent to men at the front was _____.

5. What was the purpose of the attack on Edmund Blunden at Ypres?

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