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

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) Discharged.
(b) Suffers a mental breakdown.
(c) Seriously injured.
(d) Dies.

5. What Greek god was young male beauty exemplified by?
(a) All answers are correct.
(b) Eros.
(c) Hercules.
(d) Uranian.

Short Answer Questions

1. The war began for the British in terms of language following the assassination of _____.

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

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

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

5. What is barbed wire discussed in terms of within English pastoral literature?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Explain the relationship between soldier and officer as written about through poems and writings of the time.

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

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

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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