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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Sheep and shepherds by themselves are not pastoral. What might you add to them to make them pastoral?
(a) Songs.
(b) Birds.
(c) Gardens.
(d) Flowers.

2. Shortly after Graves is released from the hospital the second time, he gets married. What month and year does he get married?
(a) January 1918.
(b) January 1919.
(c) December 1918.
(d) December 1919.

3. What soldiers are said to have a flair for theatrics?
(a) France.
(b) German.
(c) British.
(d) United States.

4. What style does Fussell show as being the direst way of saying what transpired, instead of using symbols or allusion?
(a) Ethical.
(b) Unethical.
(c) Antithetical.
(d) No answers are correct.

5. In "Exposure," where do the men dream they are?
(a) Home.
(b) Flower garden.
(c) With family.
(d) Grassier ditches.

6. The war began for the British in terms of language following the assassination of _____.
(a) George Sherston.
(b) Siegfried Sassoon.
(c) Archduke Ferdinand.
(d) Thomas Hardy.

7. In "But It Still Goes On," who do the men develop crushes on?
(a) All answers are correct.
(b) Other soldiers.
(c) Civilians.
(d) Officers.

8. Name an author who shows how birds are associated with sunrise and sunset?
(a) Owen.
(b) Burgess.
(c) Sassoon.
(d) Blunden.

9. During this time, what was considered the main form of entertainment?
(a) Sports.
(b) All answers are correct.
(c) Literature and the arts.
(d) Classical music.

10. Fussell mentions that some people thought that a certain language was not adequate enough to deal with war. Which language is it?
(a) German.
(b) Spanish.
(c) English.
(d) French.

11. Who was Robert Graves Lieutenant when he joins the First Battalion?
(a) David Thomas.
(b) George Adams.
(c) George Sherston.
(d) Anthony Burgess.

12. What does the speaker at an elegy become aware of?
(a) His own sensitivity.
(b) His own mortality.
(c) His own empathy.
(d) His own creativity.

13. What did the rose mean to many people in England?
(a) Inspiration.
(b) Imagination.
(c) Beauty.
(d) Loyalty.

14. In "Oh What a Literary War," the literature of the time is alive with _____.
(a) Beauty.
(b) Imagination.
(c) Realism.
(d) Allusion.

15. What does the soldier seek as a way of countering loneliness and terror in the battle field?
(a) Affection.
(b) Love.
(c) Sex.
(d) Communication.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who allowed the publication of Wilfred Owen's works after his death?

2. Pastoral allusion is good in getting across what point?

3. What author writes showing the use of an elegy based on the pastoral?

4. When Robert Graves enters the military, where is he first stationed?

5. Who was British and was said to contribute to theater in Britain, basically being considered a national asset?

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