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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 are there many things pastoral in the literature about?

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

3. There are many literary links between war and what?

4. The war began for the British in terms of language following the assassination of _____.

5. What type of soldiers are considered vulnerable in wartime literature?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Describe Robert Graves military life in his book, Goodbye to All That.

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

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

9. In Anthony Burgess' book The Wanting Seed, the main character is Tristram Fox, who is in the military and decides the war is a farce and a fake. What happens when Tristram serves on the front line?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Gardens are beautiful. Where have gardens always been an important factor? Why have gardens always been important here? Wilfred Owen's "Exposure" is one example of gardens and flowers. What is "Exposure" about? Name three other authors and their works that talk about gardens and explain how these works can be associated with war literature.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Fussell states there are some writers who associate the theater with the military. How and why do the writers make these associations? Give five examples of how the military is associated with the theater; giving titles and authors of works addressing this topic if not specifically from Fussell.

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