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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Some rumors fed many _____.
(a) Short stories.
(b) Folktails.
(c) Lies.
(d) Poems.

2. According to Fussell, what has been affected by time and war?
(a) Peace.
(b) Literature.
(c) Innocence.
(d) Language.

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

4. In what month was the peace armistice signed for World War I?
(a) September.
(b) October.
(c) November.
(d) August.

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

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

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 number played prominently in the methodology of the war?
(a) Three.
(b) Five.
(c) Seven.
(d) One.

9. What is the second part of the trilogy concerned with?
(a) Irony of war.
(b) Love of war.
(c) No answers are correct.
(d) Casualty of war.

10. At the 1916 Haig disaster, what equipment was introduced as a weapon?
(a) Machine gun.
(b) Tank.
(c) Rifle.
(d) All answers are incorrect.

11. 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.

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

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

14. About how far from the enemy were the first line of troops stationed in the trenches?
(a) Two hundred yards.
(b) One hundred fifty yards.
(c) Two hundred fifty yards.
(d) Fifty yards.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The last of the volumes of Siegfried Sassoon's works is called _____.

2. How many men lost their lives in World War I?

3. What did men use to see out of the trenches?

4. What color are the Germans usually described in by soldiers who spent long periods of time in the trenches?

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

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