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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How were the German trenches in contrast to the British trenches?
(a) They are wet and damp.
(b) They are deeper and wetter.
(c) They are cleaner and wetter.
(d) They are deeper and cleaner.

2. At the beginning of World War I, who was the British commander?
(a) George Sherston.
(b) General Sir George Plumer.
(c) Sir Douglas Haig.
(d) Thomas Hardy.

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

4. In Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man, in what year was George Sherson's best friend shot at the front?
(a) 1920.
(b) 1910.
(c) 1925.
(d) 1915.

5. What was the title of the poem that spoke of the symbolization for the colors for hospitalization and injury?
(a) Trauma.
(b) Injured.
(c) Tricolor.
(d) E.R.

6. Fussell begins by quoting a poem by whom?
(a) Thomas Hardy.
(b) George Sherston.
(c) Walt Whitman.
(d) Laurence Binyon.

7. At the beginning of World War I, what was the British's biggest problem?
(a) They were ill.
(b) They were badly injured.
(c) They were not prepared.
(d) They lost their military leader.

8. In many instances for soldiers in battle, the mind imagines what to be larger than life?
(a) Returning home.
(b) Defeat.
(c) The enemy.
(d) Victory.

9. In Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man where is the main character in autumn of 1914?
(a) Firing Line.
(b) Front Line.
(c) Cavalry.
(d) Reserve Line.

10. The soldiers in the trenches are subject to the commands of who?
(a) All answers are incorrect.
(b) Officers in the rear.
(c) Officers on the front line.
(d) No one.

11. How long in 1916 did the British commander prepare his troops for the battle against the Germans?
(a) Last five months.
(b) First six months.
(c) Last six months.
(d) First six months.

12. Altogether, the Sassoon trilogy makes what type of point to the reader?
(a) Pyschological.
(b) Social.
(c) Logical.
(d) Moral.

13. When was the final volume of the trilogy written?
(a) World War II.
(b) The Great Depression.
(c) Civil War.
(d) World War I.

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

15. Fussell shares a story of a soldier who was said to be crucified. What country is this soldier from?
(a) Britian.
(b) German.
(c) France.
(d) Canada.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the author of the story "How Young They Died;" referred to in The Great War and Modern Memory?

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

3. Fussell makes reference that some people thought the direction the farmers were plowing was an indication of _____.

4. What time in the morning did the day begin for the troops in the trenches?

5. According to the crucifixion story, what held this soldiers hands and feet so that this soldier was crucified?

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