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

2. What year was the last of Siegfried Sassoon's volumes published?
(a) 1940.
(b) 1950.
(c) 1955.
(d) 1945.

3. In "How Young They Died," a soldier, after two weeks in France, feels how?
(a) Mad.
(b) Confused.
(c) Happy.
(d) Disgusted.

4. Who is the author of the story "How Young They Died;" referred to in The Great War and Modern Memory?
(a) Laurence Binyon.
(b) Stuart Cloete.
(c) Siegfried Sassoon.
(d) George Sherston.

5. What time in the morning did the day begin for the troops in the trenches?
(a) Five thirty.
(b) Four thirty.
(c) Four oclock.
(d) Three thirty.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was the last line of the trenches referred to as?

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

4. By the end of 1917, Germany had shifted their troops in what direction?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What has happened to the area by the Somme River where a fierce battle in the war took place?

2. Explain the story of the Crucified Canadian?

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

4. What was the British Line?

5. What was the British's army biggest problem?

6. How does Robert Nichols's poem "Battery Moving Up to a New Position from Rest Camp: Dawn" show the symbolism of the Crucified Canadian?

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

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

9. Fussell uses and quotes Thomas Hardy. Fussell begins by quoting a Thomas Hardy poem. Why does Fussell quote Hardy about the war?

10. What was wrong with the British commander Sir Douglas Haig's war planning?

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