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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 happened to some of the new language adapted from the war?
(a) Lost with the Great Depression.
(b) Still in use today.
(c) Died after World War I.
(d) Died after World War II.

2. How many men were killed on one day in the 1916 battle between the Germans and the British?
(a) More than fifty thousand men.
(b) More than seventy thousand men.
(c) More than forty thousand men.
(d) More than sixty thousand men.

3. Within the trenches, how many lines of troops were stationed there in war time?
(a) Two.
(b) Five.
(c) Four.
(d) Three.

4. What foods were scarce during wartime?
(a) Steak and eggs.
(b) Bacon and eggs.
(c) Fish and chips.
(d) Bacon and steak.

5. What were people placed on the social scale for in the most pronounced pre-war class system?
(a) Clothing.
(b) Money.
(c) Education.
(d) Communication skills.

Short Answer Questions

1. Fussell points out that what country's soldiers exude moral superiority?

2. What services continued during the war to make the soldiers feel very close to home?

3. What was Ted Hughes besides being a writer?

4. The farmers who continued to work their fields behind the lines were surrounded by what?

5. During wartime, what became a popular meal?

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