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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is the author of "But It Still Goes On?"
(a) Prince.
(b) Douglas.
(c) Graves.
(d) Sassoon.

3. What type of genre is the work "But It Still Goes On?"
(a) Poetry.
(b) Comedy.
(c) Fiction.
(d) Non-fiction.

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

5. The eighteen square mile enclosure in which troops were trapped and subject to shelling from all sides is Fussell's example of _____.
(a) Aliteration.
(b) Euphemism.
(c) Equivocation.
(d) Allusion.

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

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

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

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

10. What author writes showing the use of an elegy based on the pastoral?
(a) Edmund Blunden.
(b) Herbert Read.
(c) Siegfried Sassoon.
(d) Wilfred Owens.

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

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

13. 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) Literature.
(b) Music.
(c) Folklore.
(d) No answers are correct.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In actuality, what was an eighteen square mile enclosure in which troops were trapped and subject to shelling from all sides?

2. Sheep and shepherds by themselves are not pastoral. What might you add to them to make them pastoral?

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

4. In most war literature, men portrayed as homosexual were also what?

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

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