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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In actuality, what was an eighteen square mile enclosure in which troops were trapped and subject to shelling from all sides?
(a) Ypres Salient.
(b) Bomb shelter.
(c) Trench.
(d) Fort Alamo.

2. Fussell makes reference that some people thought the direction the farmers were plowing was an indication of _____.
(a) Treasure.
(b) Wind.
(c) Troops.
(d) No answers are correct.

3. The last of the volumes of Siegfried Sassoon's works is called _____.
(a) Siegfried's Journey Through Life.
(b) Siegfried's Life.
(c) Siegfried's Travel.
(d) Siegfried's Journey.

4. In most war literature, men portrayed as homosexual were also what?
(a) Worshipped.
(b) Forgiven.
(c) Unforgiven.
(d) Sacrificed.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The war changed the language and people tried to find terms that did what?

2. What does the speaker at an elegy become aware of?

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

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

5. In total, about how many miles of trenches were built around an area and used around the winter of 1914?

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