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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In actuality, what was an eighteen square mile enclosure in which troops were trapped and subject to shelling from all sides?
(a) Fort Alamo.
(b) Ypres Salient.
(c) Bomb shelter.
(d) Trench.

2. The use of the pastoral in literature is an example of the model-like world of what?
(a) English writing.
(b) German writing.
(c) French writing.
(d) Scotish writing.

3. Pastoral allusion is good in getting across what point?
(a) Imagination.
(b) Creativity.
(c) Prayer.
(d) Irony.

4. Over a period of time, the soldiers became polarized in their _____.
(a) Way of life.
(b) Thinking.
(c) Spending money.
(d) Communication.

5. One store that had a gift assortment that could be sent to men at the front was _____.
(a) Harrods.
(b) Sears.
(c) Macy's.
(d) JC Penney.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the title of the second part of the trilogy?

2. Fussell demonstrates the troops making a vocabulary that developed and they used in everyday life. What word was used to refer to passing units on the road?

3. What are along the Somme today where the fierce battles were fought?

4. What was the difference between British commanders Haig and Plumer?

5. Fussell mentions that an author writes about the German person in the trenches prior to wartime. Who is it?

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