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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. What is the title of the second part of the trilogy?
(a) Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man.
(b) Sherston's Progress.
(c) Memoirs of an Infantry Officer.
(d) No answers are correct.

2. When soldiers wrote letters home, they were not always _____.
(a) Candid.
(b) Honest.
(c) Respectful when writing about others.
(d) All answers are correct.

3. Fussell refers to the Great War as what?
(a) The most ironic and the most humorous.
(b) The most hideous and the most ironic.
(c) The most hideous and the most outrageous.
(d) The most hideous and the most humorous.

4. According to the British commander, what was obvious to him throughout the first part of the war?
(a) They needed more army members.
(b) They needed men to enlist.
(c) They needed a stronger army.
(d) They needed a better attack plan.

5. How long in 1916 did the British commander prepare his troops for the battle against the Germans?
(a) First six months.
(b) First six months.
(c) Last six months.
(d) Last five months.

Short Answer Questions

1. The last of the volumes of Siegfried Sassoon's works is called _____.

2. Fussell shares a story of a soldier who was said to be crucified. What country is this soldier from?

3. At the beginning of World War I, who was the British commander?

4. According to this crucifixion story, who stood around until this soldier died?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the title of the second volume of Sassoon's trilogy, and what is the second volume about?

2. What three things happened in November 1918 when the Allies broke through the German lines with their counterattack?

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

4. What is the relationship between the officers and the soldiers?

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

6. Compare German trenches to British trenches.

7. What was the purpose of Siegfried Sassoon's trilogy?

8. Explain some of the rumors about farmers during wartime.

9. What was the British Line?

10. Name some assumptions made by the British on entering the war?

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