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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of bird is associated with sunset?
(a) Nightingales.
(b) Robins.
(c) Larks.
(d) Eagles.

2. In most war literature, men who were portrayed as homosexual had what type of hair?
(a) Bald.
(b) Brown.
(c) Blond.
(d) Black.

3. One movement that occurred in England at the time of the Great War promoted a belief that education should consist of classical and English _____.
(a) No answers are correct.
(b) Literature.
(c) Music.
(d) Folklore.

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

5. What were people placed on the social scale for in the most pronounced pre-war class system?
(a) Communication skills.
(b) Clothing.
(c) Money.
(d) Education.

6. When Robert Graves enters the military, where is he first stationed?
(a) Laventie.
(b) No answers are correct.
(c) Somme.
(d) Bethune.

7. What is usually associated with the excitement of fighting in the infantry and on the battlefield?
(a) Rape.
(b) Sex.
(c) Masturbation.
(d) Looting.

8. Who allowed the publication of Wilfred Owen's works after his death?
(a) Commanding officer.
(b) Father.
(c) Mother.
(d) Publisher.

9. Who does Fussell mention is a very popular author of the time?
(a) Evelyn Waugh.
(b) Thomas Hardy.
(c) Siegfried Sassoon.
(d) George Sherston.

10. The Imperial War Graves Commission ruled that everyone is considered equal, including who?
(a) Dead.
(b) Veterans.
(c) Civilians.
(d) Military.

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

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

13. In most war literature, men portrayed as homosexual were also what?
(a) Forgiven.
(b) Unforgiven.
(c) Sacrificed.
(d) Worshipped.

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

15. At what age did Robert Grave's enter the military?
(a) Nineteen.
(b) Twenty.
(c) Sixteen.
(d) Eighteen.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the speaker at an elegy become aware of?

2. Because of their secret, both of the main characters in "But It Still Goes On" are what?

3. What did the army give soldiers a life not complicated by?

4. What do some writers like George Adam's associate the military with?

5. Who are the two main characters of "But It Still Goes On?"

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