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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. By the end of 1917, Germany had shifted their troops in what direction?
(a) Eastern Front.
(b) Southern Front.
(c) Western Front.
(d) Northern Front.

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

3. If it was a quiet day, what did troops do during the day?
(a) All answers are correct.
(b) Made repairs to equipment and trenches.
(c) Relaxed.
(d) Wrote letters.

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

5. Imaginations of the mind are displayed by Fussell through what type of literature?
(a) English.
(b) French.
(c) Post war.
(d) Blunden.

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

7. The British had failed to do what by Christmas 1915?
(a) Start a piece treaty.
(b) Break through German lines.
(c) Win any battles.
(d) Win the war.

8. The farmers who continued to work their fields behind the lines were surrounded by what?
(a) Guards.
(b) Troops.
(c) Rumors.
(d) Fences.

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

10. In total, about how many miles of trenches were built around an area and used around the winter of 1914?
(a) One thousand.
(b) Two thousand five hundred.
(c) Two thousand.
(d) Three thousand.

11. What were these trenches called?
(a) German Line.
(b) Line of Belguim.
(c) British Line.
(d) French ditches.

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

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

14. What author does Fussell mention in representing the idea of crucifixion?
(a) Sigfried Sassoon.
(b) Robert Nichol.
(c) Wilfred Owen.
(d) All answers are correct.

15. What trench was the shallowest and used to advance a position?
(a) No answers are correct.
(b) Communication trench.
(c) Sap.
(d) Firing trench.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "How Young They Died," a soldier, when being sent to France, feels how?

2. Rumors of war have what type of effect?

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

4. According to the crucifixion story, what was the soldier crucified to?

5. Who does Fussell refer to as the master of spiritual irony?

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