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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. Who does Robert Graves meet when he joins the First Battalion?
(a) Siegfried Sassoon.
(b) Anthony Burgess.
(c) George Adams.
(d) George Sherston.

2. Who is the author of "Exposure"?
(a) Edmund Blunden
(b) Wilfred Owens
(c) David Jones.
(d) Herbert Reads

3. Who are referred to as shepherds tending to their sheep?
(a) Generals.
(b) President.
(c) Priests.
(d) Bishops.

4. In Robert Graves work, Goodbye to All That, Graves tells the story of his own life. In battle his friend is killed in action. What happens to Graves while in battle?
(a) Suffers a mental breakdown.
(b) Seriously injured.
(c) Discharged.
(d) Dies.

5. Within writings, there are many comparisons of soldiers as sheep being led where?
(a) Fields.
(b) Trenches.
(c) Sheerer.
(d) Slaughter.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was British and was said to contribute to theater in Britain, basically being considered a national asset?

2. In actuality, what was an eighteen square mile enclosure in which troops were trapped and subject to shelling from all sides?

3. When Graves recovers, he returns to his unit. Where is his unit stationed?

4. What did the rose mean to many people in England?

5. The eighteen square mile enclosure in which troops were trapped and subject to shelling from all sides is Fussell's example of _____.

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Graves "But It Still Goes On" about?

2. What is so special about blond males in most wartime literature? Name some authors who wrote about blond males.

3. Describe Wilfred Owen's writings and his service time in the war.

4. Describe the way Fussell uses euphemisms to describe various things.

5. How are elegies based on the pastoral?

6. In Anthony Burgess' book The Wanting Seed, the main character is Tristram Fox, who is in the military and decides the war is a farce and a fake. What happens when Tristram serves on the front line?

7. How was there a debate on whether the English language was not adequate to deal with war?

8. Describe Robert Graves military life in his book, Goodbye to All That.

9. What types of Anglicized and pet names did the troops make for cities and places?

10. Describe the two movements that coincided in England at the time the Great War occurred.

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