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

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 fifty thousand men.
(b) More than sixty thousand men.
(c) More than forty thousand men.
(d) More than seventy thousand men.

2. How were the German trenches in contrast to the British trenches?
(a) They are wet and damp.
(b) They are deeper and cleaner.
(c) They are cleaner and wetter.
(d) They are deeper and wetter.

3. Who does Fussell refer to as the master of spiritual irony?
(a) Sir Douglas Haig.
(b) George Sherston.
(c) General Sir George Plumer.
(d) Thomas Hardy.

4. By the end of 1917, Germany had shifted their troops in what direction?
(a) Eastern Front.
(b) Western Front.
(c) Southern Front.
(d) Northern Front.

5. What trench was the shallowest and used to advance a position?
(a) Communication trench.
(b) Firing trench.
(c) No answers are correct.
(d) Sap.

Short Answer Questions

1. What services continued during the war to make the soldiers feel very close to home?

2. Fussell refers to the Great War as what?

3. How many men lost their lives in World War I?

4. George Sherston used to carry what as a good luck piece?

5. Some German trenches included what special features?

(see the answer key)

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