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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. The last of the volumes of Siegfried Sassoon's works is called _____.

2. According to this crucifixion story, who stood around until this soldier died?

3. Where were there trenches buried underground for about four hundred miles?

4. According to the crucifixion story, what held this soldiers hands and feet so that this soldier was crucified?

5. What services continued during the war to make the soldiers feel very close to home?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened to the trenches when the wars ended?

2. How did various authors bring in the topic of the sunrise and sunset in reference to the war?

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

4. Explain the story of the Crucified Canadian?

5. Compare German trenches to British trenches.

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

7. Fussell shows an example of a soldier from a book by Stuart Cloete. In Cloete's book, How Young They Died, how does the soldier view time?

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

9. Fussell uses a variety of works by Sigfried Sassoon that he discusses in the book. What is the title of the first volume of Sassoon's trilogy, and what is the first volume about?

10. What three things happened in November 1918 when the Allies broke through the German lines with their counterattack?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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).

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the connection between war and the pastoral as shown in the book. What examples does Fussell give? What connection do other authors mentioned by Fussell provide between the military, war, and the pastoral?

Essay Topic 3

Fussell paints a clear picture to demonstrate the lack of preparation by the British for the war. In what ways were the British unprepared to enter battle? Who was responsible for this lack of preparation by the British? Was it one person in general or did it depend upon what area of preparation one speaks of? What ways could the British become better prepared for battle?

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