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

2. One store that had a gift assortment that could be sent to men at the front was _____.
(a) JC Penney.
(b) Macy's.
(c) Sears.
(d) Harrods.

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

4. The writer George Sherston uses the sky to describe _____.
(a) Beauty.
(b) Peace time.
(c) Various relationships.
(d) War time.

5. What was the title of the poem that spoke of the symbolization for the colors for hospitalization and injury?
(a) E.R.
(b) Trauma.
(c) Injured.
(d) Tricolor.

Short Answer Questions

1. Some rumors fed many _____.

2. In what month was the peace armistice signed for World War I?

3. During war time, what was censored?

4. Writers during the war chose to write about what as a popular topic?

5. By the end of 1917, which country had withdrawn from the war due to the Bolshevik Revolution?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What was the British Line?

8. What happened to the trenches when the wars ended?

9. What is the title of the third and final volume of the trilogy by Siegfried Sassoon, and what is the third volume about?

10. How did various authors bring in the topic of the sunrise and sunset in reference to the war?

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