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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Soldier Boys.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many men were killed on one day in the 1916 battle between the Germans and the British?
(a) More than sixty thousand men.
(b) More than seventy thousand men.
(c) More than fifty thousand men.
(d) More than forty thousand men.

2. Over a period of time, the soldiers became polarized in their _____.
(a) Way of life.
(b) Spending money.
(c) Thinking.
(d) Communication.

3. When Robert Graves enters the military, where is he first stationed?
(a) Laventie.
(b) Somme.
(c) Bethune.
(d) No answers are correct.

4. Fussell mentions that some people thought that a certain language was not adequate enough to deal with war. Which language is it?
(a) German.
(b) Spanish.
(c) English.
(d) French.

5. When soldiers wrote letters home, they were not always _____.
(a) Candid.
(b) Respectful when writing about others.
(c) Honest.
(d) All answers are correct.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did this battle the British commander was preparing for against the Germans take place?

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

3. Who does Fussell mention is a very popular author of the time?

4. What type of genre is the work "But It Still Goes On?"

5. What is barbed wire discussed in terms of within English pastoral literature?

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