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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 rose mean to many people in England?
2. Class distinctions applied in the military also as class determined their positions where?
3. What style does Fussell show as being the direst way of saying what transpired, instead of using symbols or allusion?
4. In Robert Graves work, Goodbye to All That, Graves tells the story of his own life. In battle his friend is killed in action. What happens to Graves while in battle?
5. Where does Graves study English literature?
Short Essay Questions
1. How can homosexuality be seen as a problem as a soldier?
2. Give examples of words or phrases that stemmed from the war.
3. Describe Robert Graves military life in his book, Goodbye to All That.
4. What are the two reasons Fussell believes the British soldiers have a flair for theatrics?
5. Explain how the British pre-war class system was the most pronounced in Europe.
6. How are sheep and shepherds a part of things pastoral and used in literature?
7. What types of Anglicized and pet names did the troops make for cities and places?
8. Describe Wilfred Owen's writings and his service time in the war.
9. How are elegies based on the pastoral?
10. 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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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.
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
Discuss Frye's Theory of Modes. How many modes are there and what are they? Who are the characters and what are they doing? Why are the characters acting in the manner they are? What country does this work speak of and what foods are mentioned?
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