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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who are the two main characters of "But It Still Goes On?"
(a) James and Katherine.
(b) David and Charlotte.
(c) Jack and Diane.
(d) John and Lisa.

2. Pastoral allusion is good in getting across what point?
(a) Creativity.
(b) Prayer.
(c) Imagination.
(d) Irony.

3. Who does Robert Graves meet when he joins the First Battalion?
(a) Anthony Burgess.
(b) George Adams.
(c) Siegfried Sassoon.
(d) George Sherston.

4. After Graves is released from the hospital the second time, where does Graves spend the remainder of the war?
(a) Scotland.
(b) France.
(c) England.
(d) Germany.

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

6. The war changed the language and people tried to find terms that did what?
(a) Softened the effects of the realities of the war.
(b) No answers are correct.
(c) Tried to focus on peace.
(d) Focused on forgiveness.

7. What did the army give soldiers a life not complicated by?
(a) Love.
(b) Fights.
(c) Women.
(d) Sex.

8. Within writings, there are many comparisons of soldiers as sheep being led where?
(a) Trenches.
(b) Slaughter.
(c) Fields.
(d) Sheerer.

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

10. Who are referred to as shepherds tending to their sheep?
(a) Generals.
(b) Priests.
(c) Bishops.
(d) President.

11. When Graves recovers, he returns to his unit. Where is his unit stationed?
(a) Somme.
(b) Laventie.
(c) Bethune.
(d) No answers are correct.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to some of the new language adapted from the war?

2. Fussell mentions that some people thought that a certain language was not adequate enough to deal with war. Which language is it?

3. Who does Fussell mention is a very popular author of the time?

4. What Greek god was young male beauty exemplified by?

5. In most war literature, men who were portrayed as homosexual had what type of hair?

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