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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How many men lost their lives in World War I?
(a) Ten million.
(b) Eight and a half million.
(c) Eight million.
(d) Nine million.

6. According to this crucifixion story, who stood around until this soldier died?
(a) British.
(b) French.
(c) Germans.
(d) Canadians.

7. What services continued during the war to make the soldiers feel very close to home?
(a) Newspaper delivery.
(b) Mail service.
(c) All answers are correct.
(d) Magazine subscriptions.

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

9. Fussell mentions that an author writes about the German person in the trenches prior to wartime. Who is it?
(a) Siegfried Sassoon.
(b) Henry Williams.
(c) George Sherston.
(d) George Coppard.

10. 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.

11. By mid-December 1914, British troops had been fighting on the Continent for how long?
(a) Over nine months.
(b) Over seven months.
(c) Over five months.
(d) Over three months.

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

13. What color are the Germans usually described in by soldiers who spent long periods of time in the trenches?
(a) Brown.
(b) Grey.
(c) Blue.
(d) Black.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Writers during the war chose to write about what as a popular topic?

2. By the end of 1917, Germany had shifted their troops in what direction?

3. In Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man where is the main character in autumn of 1914?

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

5. At the 1916 Haig disaster, what equipment was introduced as a weapon?

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