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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. Where was the pre-war class system the most pronounced?

2. When Robert Graves enters the military, where is he first stationed?

3. What did the army give soldiers a life not complicated by?

4. What Greek god was young male beauty exemplified by?

5. When Graves recovers, he returns to his unit. Where is his unit stationed?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Graves "But It Still Goes On" about?

2. What is Edmund Blunden's "Undertones of War" about?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Throughout Fussel's writings, he shows the harshness of war. What are some of the factors that makes war harsh? Do the harsh factors affect just the military, or does it affect civilians as well? Be specific and give examples from the writing.

Essay Topic 2

"War literature is alive with allusion." What is allusion? Name five authors who have written war literature with allusion. List the genre the authors write in and explain the allusion each author is showing.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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