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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Fussell demonstrates the use of pet names for cities and places. What word was used to refer to eat-apples?
(a) Old Jerry.
(b) Etaples.
(c) Idiot Crossroads.
(d) Bugger.

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

5. What was the absence of women for some soldiers?
(a) Blessing.
(b) Problem.
(c) Curse.
(d) Relief.

6. Because of their secret, both of the main characters in "But It Still Goes On" are what?
(a) Nervous.
(b) Sad.
(c) Afraid.
(d) Excited.

7. Class distinctions applied in the military also as class determined their positions where?
(a) Battle.
(b) No answers are correct.
(c) Service.
(d) Rank.

8. The use of the pastoral in literature is an example of the model-like world of what?
(a) German writing.
(b) Scotish writing.
(c) English writing.
(d) French writing.

9. In actuality, what was an eighteen square mile enclosure in which troops were trapped and subject to shelling from all sides?
(a) Fort Alamo.
(b) Bomb shelter.
(c) Ypres Salient.
(d) Trench.

10. Fussell points out that what country's soldiers exude moral superiority?
(a) France.
(b) Germany.
(c) Scotland.
(d) Britian.

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

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

13. What type of flower is associated with the pastoral?
(a) Daisies.
(b) Poppies.
(c) Petunias
(d) Wildflowers.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In "But It Still Goes On," who do the men develop crushes on?

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

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

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

5. What type of soldiers are considered vulnerable in wartime literature?

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