2. One movement that occurred in England at the time of the Great War promoted a belief that education should consist of classical and English _____.
(a) Literature.
(b) Music.
(c) Folklore.
(d) No answers are correct.

3. Fussell demonstrates the troops making a vocabulary that developed and they used in everyday life. What word was used to refer to passing units on the road?
(a) Etaples.
(b) Old Jerry.
(c) Idiot Crossroads.
(d) Bugger.

4. In "Exposure," where do the men dream they are?
(a) With family.
(b) Grassier ditches.
(c) Flower garden.
(d) Home.

5. What does the soldier seek as a way of countering loneliness and terror in the battle field?
(a) Love.
(b) Communication.
(c) Affection.
(d) Sex.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the speaker at an elegy become aware of?

2. 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?

3. Name an author who shows how birds are associated with sunrise and sunset?

4. What did the army give soldiers a life not complicated by?

5. The war changed the language and people tried to find terms that did what?

Short Essay Questions

1. Give examples of words or phrases that stemmed from the war.

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

3. How have gardens always been an important factor in English literature and the word pastoral applies to war literature?

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

5. 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?

6. How can homosexuality be seen as a problem as a soldier?

7. How are sheep and shepherds a part of things pastoral and used in literature?

8. How is bathing soldiers a part of wartime literature?

9. How are elegies based on the pastoral?

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

(see the answer keys)

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