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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. There are many literary links between war and what?
(a) Peace.
(b) Looting.
(c) Rape.
(d) Sexuality.

2. When Graves recovers, he returns to his unit. Where is his unit stationed?
(a) Bethune.
(b) No answers are correct.
(c) Laventie.
(d) Somme.

3. What trench was the shallowest and used to advance a position?
(a) Firing trench.
(b) No answers are correct.
(c) Sap.
(d) Communication trench.

4. Fussell shares a story of a soldier who was said to be crucified. What country is this soldier from?
(a) Britian.
(b) Canada.
(c) German.
(d) France.

5. What author does Fussell mention in representing the idea of crucifixion?
(a) Wilfred Owen.
(b) Sigfried Sassoon.
(c) Robert Nichol.
(d) All answers are correct.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many men lost their lives in World War I?

2. Fussell quotes Hardy, "Irony is the attendant of hope, and the fuel of hope is _______"

3. Who are referred to as shepherds tending to their sheep?

4. What month and year did America enter World War I?

5. Fussell demonstrates the use of pet names for cities and places. What word was used to refer to eat-apples?

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