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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A rumor of most wars concerns _____.
(a) Officers.
(b) Generals.
(c) Troops.
(d) Deserters.

2. In total, about how many miles of trenches were built around an area and used around the winter of 1914?
(a) One thousand.
(b) Three thousand.
(c) Two thousand five hundred.
(d) Two thousand.

3. What color are the Germans usually described in by soldiers who spent long periods of time in the trenches?
(a) Black.
(b) Grey.
(c) Brown.
(d) Blue.

4. How many men lost their lives in World War I?
(a) Nine million.
(b) Eight million.
(c) Eight and a half million.
(d) Ten million.

5. Fussell quotes Hardy, "Irony is the attendant of hope, and the fuel of hope is _______"
(a) Peace.
(b) Language.
(c) Innocence.
(d) Literature.

Short Answer Questions

1. Fussell mentions that an author writes about the German person in the trenches prior to wartime. Who is it?

2. Within the trenches, how many lines of troops were stationed there in war time?

3. What month and year did America enter World War I?

4. In many instances for soldiers in battle, the mind imagines what to be larger than life?

5. How were the German trenches in contrast to the British trenches?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Haig's command at the Battle of Somme in March 1918?

2. What happens to soldiers when they spend a lot of time in the trenches during war time?

3. What is meant by the statement that the Great War is the most hideous and the most ironic?

4. What was wrong with the British commander Sir Douglas Haig's war planning?

5. Rumors of most wars concern deserters. What do these rumors say?

6. How is the literature presented to illustrate the dichotomy between the officers and the soldiers?

7. What is the myth of the ruined basilica with a statue of the Virgin and Child on top in Albert, France?

8. What was the difference between British commanders General Sir George Plumer and Sir Douglas Haig?

9. Describe the traditional ritual meaning of dawn and its association with the Great War.

10. What types of rumors and myths surrounded the number three?

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