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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. In "But It Still Goes On," who do the men develop crushes on?
(a) Officers.
(b) Other soldiers.
(c) Civilians.
(d) All answers are correct.

2. Shortly after Graves is released from the hospital the second time, he gets married. What month and year does he get married?
(a) December 1918.
(b) January 1918.
(c) December 1919.
(d) January 1919.

3. Sheep and shepherds by themselves are not pastoral. What might you add to them to make them pastoral?
(a) Songs.
(b) Flowers.
(c) Birds.
(d) Gardens.

4. Because of their secret, both of the main characters in "But It Still Goes On" are what?
(a) Nervous.
(b) Excited.
(c) Afraid.
(d) Sad.

5. During this time, what was considered the main form of entertainment?
(a) Literature and the arts.
(b) All answers are correct.
(c) Sports.
(d) Classical music.

Short Answer Questions

1. The use of the pastoral in literature is an example of the model-like world of what?

2. Who is the author of "Exposure"?

3. Who are the two main characters of "But It Still Goes On?"

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

5. What was the purpose of the attack on Edmund Blunden at Ypres?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

3. In relation to love, explain the soldier's world in the battlefield?

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

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

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

7. How are flowers and the color red associated with the pastoral?

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

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

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

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