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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the author of the poem that spoke of symbolism for the colors for hospitalization and injury?
(a) Stuart Cloete.
(b) George Sherston
(c) Siegfried Sassoon.
(d) R.W.M.

2. What are some different types of trenches called?
(a) Saps
(b) All answers are correct.
(c) Firing trenches.
(d) Communication trenches.

3. What are along the Somme today where the fierce battles were fought?
(a) Highways.
(b) Fruit orchards.
(c) Residential houses.
(d) Vegetable fields.

4. During war time, what was censored?
(a) Speech.
(b) Press.
(c) Literature.
(d) Writing.

5. In "How Young They Died," a soldier, after two weeks in France, feels how?
(a) Happy.
(b) Disgusted.
(c) Mad.
(d) Confused.

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

7. When soldiers wrote letters home, they were not always _____.
(a) All answers are correct.
(b) Honest.
(c) Respectful when writing about others.
(d) Candid.

8. 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.

9. The last of the volumes of Siegfried Sassoon's works is called _____.
(a) Siegfried's Life.
(b) Siegfried's Journey Through Life.
(c) Siegfried's Travel.
(d) Siegfried's Journey.

10. A rumor was that Germany had someone in the trenches prior to wartime. Who was it?
(a) Soldier.
(b) Doctor.
(c) Officer.
(d) Civilian.

11. According to the crucifixion story, what held this soldiers hands and feet so that this soldier was crucified?
(a) Rifles.
(b) Spikes.
(c) Bayonets.
(d) Sticks.

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

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

14. Writers during the war chose to write about what as a popular topic?
(a) Soldiers.
(b) Weapons.
(c) Peace time.
(d) Sky and sunset.

15. Some German trenches included what special features?
(a) Electricity.
(b) All answers are correct.
(c) Bunk beds.
(d) Kitchens.

Short Answer Questions

1. What country's submarines were active in the Atlantic and ultimately brought America into World War I?

2. Fussell quotes Hardy, "Irony is the attendant of hope, and the fuel of hope is _______"

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

4. What was the last line of the trenches referred to as?

5. What did the British commander think the 1916 battle against Germany would do?

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