2. Where were there two movements that coincided at the time of the Great War?
(a) France.
(b) Scotland.
(c) Germany.
(d) England.

3. What happened to some of the new language adapted from the war?
(a) Lost with the Great Depression.
(b) Died after World War II.
(c) Died after World War I.
(d) Still in use today.

4. The eighteen square mile enclosure in which troops were trapped and subject to shelling from all sides is Fussell's example of _____.
(a) Allusion.
(b) Euphemism.
(c) Aliteration.
(d) Equivocation.

5. The Imperial War Graves Commission ruled that everyone is considered equal, including who?
(a) Dead.
(b) Military.
(c) Veterans.
(d) Civilians.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Because of their secret, both of the main characters in "But It Still Goes On" are what?

3. What Greek god was young male beauty exemplified by?

4. What are there many things pastoral in the literature about?

5. Who is the author of "Soldiers Bathing?"

Short Essay Questions

1. What was "Over There" and why are the sites of World War I and II distant to most Americans?

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

3. Give some examples of how writers associate the military with theater?

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

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

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 are elegies based on the pastoral?

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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