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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Oh What a Literary War.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What month and year did America enter World War I?
(a) May 1917.
(b) March 1918.
(c) April 1918.
(d) April 1917.

2. Within the trenches, how many lines of troops were stationed there in war time?
(a) Two.
(b) Four.
(c) Three.
(d) Five.

3. What is the title of the second part of the trilogy?
(a) Memoirs of an Infantry Officer.
(b) Sherston's Progress.
(c) Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man.
(d) No answers are correct.

4. One movement that occurred in England at the time of the Great War promoted a belief that education should consist of classical and English _____.
(a) Literature.
(b) Folklore.
(c) Music.
(d) No answers are correct.

5. Who does Fussell mention is a very popular author of the time?
(a) Thomas Hardy.
(b) George Sherston.
(c) Siegfried Sassoon.
(d) Evelyn Waugh.

Short Answer Questions

1. If it was a quiet day, what did troops do during the day?

2. In the third volume of the trilogy, where is Sherston?

3. According to the crucifixion story, what was the soldier crucified to?

4. Pilgrim's Progress is mentioned quite a bit with its references and allusions to _____.

5. In "How Young They Died," a soldier, after two weeks in France, feels how?

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