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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 year was the last of Siegfried Sassoon's volumes published?
(a) 1950.
(b) 1955.
(c) 1940.
(d) 1945.
2. What are some different types of trenches called?
(a) Firing trenches.
(b) Communication trenches.
(c) Saps
(d) All answers are correct.
3. In "How Young They Died," a soldier, when being sent to France, feels how?
(a) Confused.
(b) Sad.
(c) Cheerful.
(d) Angry.
4. Fussell makes reference that some people thought the direction the farmers were plowing was an indication of _____.
(a) Treasure.
(b) Wind.
(c) No answers are correct.
(d) Troops.
5. Some rumors fed many _____.
(a) Folktails.
(b) Short stories.
(c) Poems.
(d) Lies.
Short Answer Questions
1. The British had failed to do what by Christmas 1915?
2. In "How Young They Died," a soldier, after two weeks in France, feels how?
3. Specifically stated in the story, the troops in the trenches felt how?
4. What are the prolonged implications from soldiers forced in the trenches for a long period of time?
5. At the beginning of World War I, who was the British commander?
Short Essay Questions
1. Fussell shows an example of a soldier from a book by Stuart Cloete. In Cloete's book, How Young They Died, how does the soldier view time?
2. How does Robert Nichols's poem "Battery Moving Up to a New Position from Rest Camp: Dawn" show the symbolism of the Crucified Canadian?
3. Rumors of most wars concern deserters. What do these rumors say?
4. How is the literature presented to illustrate the dichotomy between the officers and the soldiers?
5. Fussell uses and quotes Thomas Hardy. Fussell begins by quoting a Thomas Hardy poem. Why does Fussell quote Hardy about the war?
6. What is the myth of the ruined basilica with a statue of the Virgin and Child on top in Albert, France?
7. Describe Haig's command at the Battle of Somme in March 1918?
8. Fussell uses a variety of works by Sigfried Sassoon that he discusses in the book. What is the title of the first volume of Sassoon's trilogy, and what is the first volume about?
9. What happens to soldiers when they spend a lot of time in the trenches during war time?
10. Name some assumptions made by the British on entering the war?
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