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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) Bomb shelter.
(c) Ypres Salient.
(d) Trench.

2. What was the difference between British commanders Haig and Plumer?
(a) Experience.
(b) Training.
(c) Imagination.
(d) Strategic planning.

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

4. The Imperial War Graves Commission ruled that everyone is considered equal, including who?
(a) Veterans.
(b) Civilians.
(c) Military.
(d) Dead.

5. What does the soldier seek as a way of countering loneliness and terror in the battle field?
(a) Love.
(b) Affection.
(c) Communication.
(d) Sex.

Short Answer Questions

1. George Sherston used to carry what as a good luck piece?

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

3. By the end of 1917, Germany had shifted their troops in what direction?

4. Before World War I, how many years had it been since Britian was engaged in a major war?

5. What is looting usually associated with?

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