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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 was the purpose of the attack on Edmund Blunden at Ypres?
(a) Injure him.
(b) Kill him.
(c) Haunt him.
(d) Frighten him away.

2. Who does Fussell refer to as the master of spiritual irony?
(a) Sir Douglas Haig.
(b) General Sir George Plumer.
(c) Thomas Hardy.
(d) George Sherston.

3. Within writings, there are many comparisons of soldiers as sheep being led where?
(a) Trenches.
(b) Slaughter.
(c) Fields.
(d) Sheerer.

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

5. According to the British commander, what was obvious to him throughout the first part of the war?
(a) They needed men to enlist.
(b) They needed a better attack plan.
(c) They needed more army members.
(d) They needed a stronger army.

Short Answer Questions

1. A rumor of most wars concerns _____.

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

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

4. Pastoral allusion is good in getting across what point?

5. Some rumors fed many _____.

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