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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Persistence and Memory.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the British commander think the 1916 battle against Germany would do?
(a) Strengthen British forces.
(b) Defeat German forces.
(c) Weaken British forces.
(d) Bring an end to the war.

2. The farmers who continued to work their fields behind the lines were surrounded by what?
(a) Rumors.
(b) Fences.
(c) Guards.
(d) Troops.

3. In "Theory of Modes," how many modes go around in a circle?
(a) Five.
(b) Seven.
(c) Four.
(d) Six.

4. Name an author who shows how birds are associated with sunrise and sunset?
(a) Sassoon.
(b) Owen.
(c) Burgess.
(d) Blunden.

5. "Death was denoted as going west, going out of it, or going under." Fussell uses these to show examples of _____.
(a) Euphemism.
(b) Aliteration.
(c) Equivocation.
(d) Allusion.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "How Young They Died," a soldier, when being sent to France, feels how?

2. Who was Robert Graves Lieutenant when he joins the First Battalion?

3. How were the German trenches in contrast to the British trenches?

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

5. What soldiers are said to have a flair for theatrics?

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