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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Persistence and Memory.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. After Graves is released from the hospital the second time, where does Graves spend the remainder of the war?
(a) Germany.
(b) Scotland.
(c) England.
(d) France.

3. What was Ted Hughes besides being a writer?
(a) College professor.
(b) Artist.
(c) Wireless operator.
(d) Telephone operator.

4. In Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man, in what year was George Sherson's best friend shot at the front?
(a) 1920.
(b) 1910.
(c) 1925.
(d) 1915.

5. The war began for the British in terms of language following the assassination of _____.
(a) George Sherston.
(b) Archduke Ferdinand.
(c) Siegfried Sassoon.
(d) Thomas Hardy.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "But It Still Goes On," who do the men develop crushes on?

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

3. What author does Fussell mention in representing the idea of crucifixion?

4. What were people placed on the social scale for in the most pronounced pre-war class system?

5. Altogether, the Sassoon trilogy makes what type of point to the reader?

(see the answer key)

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