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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. When soldiers wrote letters home, they were not always _____.

2. What color are the Germans usually described in by soldiers who spent long periods of time in the trenches?

3. What did the British commander think the 1916 battle against Germany would do?

4. What trench type was four to six feet wide and six to eight feet deep?

5. What was the title of the poem that spoke of the symbolization for the colors for hospitalization and injury?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the title of the third and final volume of the trilogy by Siegfried Sassoon, and what is the third volume about?

2. How is the literature presented to illustrate the dichotomy between the officers and the soldiers?

3. What is the myth of the ruined basilica with a statue of the Virgin and Child on top in Albert, France?

4. What types of rumors and myths surrounded the number three?

5. Describe Haig's command at the Battle of Somme in March 1918?

6. What is the title of the second volume of Sassoon's trilogy, and what is the second volume about?

7. What was wrong with the British commander Sir Douglas Haig's war planning?

8. Explain the story of the Crucified Canadian?

9. What is meant by the statement that the Great War is the most hideous and the most ironic?

10. Describe the traditional ritual meaning of dawn and its association with the Great War.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Fussell writes about the dichotomy between soldiers and officers in the military. Does this dichotomy cause tension between the officers and soldiers? List any works and authors who speak of this dichotomy and what they say about the dichotomy.

Essay Topic 2

The British came into the Great War not having been in a war in about one hundred years. As a result, the British came into battle with assumptions. What assumptions did the British bring into the war? Were they valid assumptions? Why or why not? Did these assumptions help or hinder the British in the war? Give examples to support your answer. If the British enter another war, would it be smart to bring assumptions about previous war experiences into battle with them? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Fussell chooses many writers to help give examples. Pick one poet and one other writer Fussell mentions in wartime literature. Once the poet and writer have been chosen, write a biography on each of these writers, focusing on why they chose to write in the manner they did and why they chose their subject(s).

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