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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. About how far from the enemy were the first line of troops stationed in the trenches?
(a) One hundred fifty yards.
(b) Two hundred fifty yards.
(c) Two hundred yards.
(d) Fifty yards.

2. When was the final volume of the trilogy written?
(a) World War II.
(b) World War I.
(c) The Great Depression.
(d) Civil War.

3. What did the British commander think the 1916 battle against Germany would do?
(a) Strengthen British forces.
(b) Defeat German forces.
(c) Weaken British forces.
(d) Bring an end to the war.

4. What is the second part of the trilogy concerned with?
(a) No answers are correct.
(b) Irony of war.
(c) Love of war.
(d) Casualty of war.

5. Fussell begins by quoting a poem by whom?
(a) George Sherston.
(b) Walt Whitman.
(c) Laurence Binyon.
(d) Thomas Hardy.

Short Answer Questions

1. In his writing, Hardy captures the fact he could hear _____ across the Channel?

2. How many men were killed on one day in the 1916 battle between the Germans and the British?

3. Who is the author of the story "How Young They Died;" referred to in The Great War and Modern Memory?

4. The soldiers in the trenches are subject to the commands of who?

5. The British had failed to do what by Christmas 1915?

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. What was the British Line?

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

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

6. What was the paradox for many soldiers fighting in World War II?

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

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

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

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

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