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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 month and year did America enter World War I?
(a) May 1917.
(b) March 1918.
(c) April 1918.
(d) April 1917.
2. Fussell begins by quoting a poem by whom?
(a) Walt Whitman.
(b) Thomas Hardy.
(c) Laurence Binyon.
(d) George Sherston.
3. What was the title of the poem that spoke of the symbolization for the colors for hospitalization and injury?
(a) E.R.
(b) Injured.
(c) Tricolor.
(d) Trauma.
4. What services continued during the war to make the soldiers feel very close to home?
(a) Mail service.
(b) All answers are correct.
(c) Magazine subscriptions.
(d) Newspaper delivery.
5. How many men lost their lives in World War I?
(a) Nine million.
(b) Eight and a half million.
(c) Eight million.
(d) Ten million.
Short Answer Questions
1. About how far from the enemy were the first line of troops stationed in the trenches?
2. George Sherston used to carry what as a good luck piece?
3. Some German trenches included what special features?
4. At the beginning of World War I, who was the British commander?
5. Where were there trenches buried underground for about four hundred miles?
Short Essay Questions
1. Fussell uses and quotes Thomas Hardy. Fussell begins by quoting a Thomas Hardy poem. Why does Fussell quote Hardy about the war?
2. Describe Haig's command at the Battle of Somme in March 1918?
3. How is the literature presented to illustrate the dichotomy between the officers and the soldiers?
4. What types of rumors and myths surrounded the number three?
5. What was the paradox for many soldiers fighting in World War II?
6. What was the purpose of Siegfried Sassoon's trilogy?
7. Explain some of the rumors about farmers during wartime.
8. What was the British's army biggest problem?
9. Rumors of most wars concern deserters. What do these rumors say?
10. What happens to soldiers when they spend a lot of time in the trenches during war time?
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