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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was the pre-war class system the most pronounced?
(a) United States.
(b) Britain.
(c) France.
(d) Germany.

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

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

4. What are there many things pastoral in the literature about?
(a) War.
(b) Illustrators.
(c) Authors.
(d) Church.

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

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

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

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

9. Who was British and was said to contribute to theater in Britain, basically being considered a national asset?
(a) Blunden.
(b) Whitman.
(c) Graves.
(d) Shakespeare.

10. Pilgrim's Progress is mentioned quite a bit with its references and allusions to _____.
(a) Thanksgiving.
(b) War.
(c) Germany.
(d) England.

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

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

13. Where does Graves study English literature?
(a) Yale.
(b) Berkely.
(c) Harvard.
(d) Oxford.

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

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the author of "Exposure"?

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

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

4. The Imperial War Graves Commission ruled that everyone is considered equal, including who?

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

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