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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What did men use to see out of the trenches?
(a) Their eyes.
(b) Telescope.
(c) Periscopes.
(d) Binoculars.
2. What was the difference between British commanders Haig and Plumer?
(a) Training.
(b) Strategic planning.
(c) Imagination.
(d) Experience.
3. What colors came to symbolize injury and hospitalization?
(a) Yellow, red, and blue.
(b) Yellow, red, and green.
(c) Red, white, and green.
(d) Red, white, and blue.
4. According to the crucifixion story, what held this soldiers hands and feet so that this soldier was crucified?
(a) Spikes.
(b) Bayonets.
(c) Sticks.
(d) Rifles.
5. When was the final volume of the trilogy written?
(a) World War I.
(b) World War II.
(c) Civil War.
(d) The Great Depression.
6. Most of the author's reference of sunrise and sunset are gone by what?
(a) No answers are correct.
(b) World War II.
(c) Civil War.
(d) World War I.
7. By mid-December 1914, British troops had been fighting on the Continent for how long?
(a) Over five months.
(b) Over three months.
(c) Over seven months.
(d) Over nine months.
8. What is the title of the final volume of the trilogy?
(a) Sherston's Progress.
(b) Memoirs of an Infantry Officer.
(c) Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man.
(d) No answers are correct.
9. During war time, what was censored?
(a) Speech.
(b) Literature.
(c) Press.
(d) Writing.
10. How many men lost their lives in World War I?
(a) Ten million.
(b) Eight million.
(c) Nine million.
(d) Eight and a half million.
11. Within the trenches, how many lines of troops were stationed there in war time?
(a) Five.
(b) Two.
(c) Four.
(d) Three.
12. In "How Young They Died," a soldier, when being sent to France, feels how?
(a) Cheerful.
(b) Confused.
(c) Sad.
(d) Angry.
13. According to this crucifixion story, who stood around until this soldier died?
(a) British.
(b) French.
(c) Canadians.
(d) Germans.
14. In what month was the peace armistice signed for World War I?
(a) August.
(b) September.
(c) November.
(d) October.
15. Over a period of time, the soldiers became polarized in their _____.
(a) Communication.
(b) Way of life.
(c) Thinking.
(d) Spending money.
Short Answer Questions
1. How many men were killed on one day in the 1916 battle between the Germans and the British?
2. What trench type was four to six feet wide and six to eight feet deep?
3. What did the British commander think the 1916 battle against Germany would do?
4. What are some different types of trenches called?
5. Who does Fussell refer to as the master of spiritual irony?
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