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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. After he returns to his unit, what does Graves get sent to the hospital for?

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

3. What is usually associated with the excitement of fighting in the infantry and on the battlefield?

4. Pastoral allusion is good in getting across what point?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Explain how the British pre-war class system was the most pronounced in Europe.

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

5. How was there a debate on whether the English language was not adequate to deal with war?

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

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

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

9. Describe the way Fussell uses euphemisms to describe various things.

10. What was "Over There" and why are the sites of World War I and II distant to most Americans?

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

Fussell tells the story of the Canadian Crucifixion.

Part 1) Describe the story of the Canadian Crucifixion using as much detail as possible. Who stood watch as the Canadian was being crucified? What was the Canadian being crucified with? Where was the Canadian being crucified? Why was the Canadian being crucified?

Part 2) There are different versions of the Canadian Crucifixion. Why are there different versions of the story?

Part 3) Name any writers who use the Canadian Crucifixion as symbolism for their writing and why they use it.

Essay Topic 3

Fussell says "the Great War was the most hideous and the most ironic." Give specific examples from the story on how Fussell, either by himself or through the use of other author's examples, shows how the Great War was full of irony.

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