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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. Fussell mentions that some people thought that a certain language was not adequate enough to deal with war. Which language is it?

2. What was the absence of women for some soldiers?

3. Who are the two main characters of "But It Still Goes On?"

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

5. What soldiers are said to have a flair for theatrics?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. 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?

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

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

10. How is bathing soldiers a part of wartime literature?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

"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 2

Fussell states that troops also had some other uses of the vernacular. What is vernacular and how does it apply to everyday language? Are there many different vernaculars or is there only one vernacular? Explain. Why was a vernacular used? Give five examples of the uses of vernacular.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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