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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. What did the British commander think the 1916 battle against Germany would do?
2. What are some different types of trenches called?
3. According to this crucifixion story, who stood around until this soldier died?
4. Fussell quotes Hardy, "Irony is the attendant of hope, and the fuel of hope is _______"
5. How long in 1916 did the British commander prepare his troops for the battle against the Germans?
Short Essay Questions
1. Explain the story of the Crucified Canadian?
2. 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?
3. What has happened to the area by the Somme River where a fierce battle in the war took place?
4. What was wrong with the British commander Sir Douglas Haig's war planning?
5. What was the purpose of Siegfried Sassoon's trilogy?
6. What was the British's army biggest problem?
7. What is the myth of the ruined basilica with a statue of the Virgin and Child on top in Albert, France?
8. Describe the traditional ritual meaning of dawn and its association with the Great War.
9. Rumors of most wars concern deserters. What do these rumors say?
10. 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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
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 3
Siegfried Sassoon is one of the writers Fussell uses for examples in his work. One of his works, Siegfried's Journey, deals with the Great War period from the viewpoint of the Second World War. Siegfried Sassoon also had a trilogy published that featured George Sherston as its main character throughout the trilogy. Discuss all three parts of the trilogy, listing the titles of each part of the trilogy and following the life of George Sherston. Why did Sassoon write this trilogy? What was the moral point Sassoon was trying to make through writing the trilogy?
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