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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Troglodyte World.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Some German trenches included what special features?
(a) Kitchens.
(b) Electricity.
(c) All answers are correct.
(d) Bunk beds.

2. What time in the morning did the day begin for the troops in the trenches?
(a) Four oclock.
(b) Four thirty.
(c) Five thirty.
(d) Three thirty.

3. At the beginning of World War I, what was the British's biggest problem?
(a) They were badly injured.
(b) They lost their military leader.
(c) They were ill.
(d) They were not prepared.

4. Where did this battle the British commander was preparing for against the Germans take place?
(a) Atlantic.
(b) Britian.
(c) Germany.
(d) Somme.

5. Fussell refers to the Great War as what?
(a) The most hideous and the most outrageous.
(b) The most hideous and the most ironic.
(c) The most ironic and the most humorous.
(d) The most hideous and the most humorous.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the British commander, what was obvious to him throughout the first part of the war?

2. Most of the author's reference of sunrise and sunset are gone by what?

3. During World War II, where did many soldiers fight from?

4. Fussell begins by quoting a poem by whom?

5. What are along the Somme today where the fierce battles were fought?

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