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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Writers during the war chose to write about what as a popular topic?
(a) Sky and sunset.
(b) Peace time.
(c) Weapons.
(d) Soldiers.

2. What country's submarines were active in the Atlantic and ultimately brought America into World War I?
(a) Germany.
(b) Scotland.
(c) France.
(d) Britian.

3. At the 1916 Haig disaster, what equipment was introduced as a weapon?
(a) Rifle.
(b) Machine gun.
(c) All answers are incorrect.
(d) Tank.

4. Within the trenches, how many lines of troops were stationed there in war time?
(a) Two.
(b) Five.
(c) Three.
(d) Four.

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

6. What is the title of the final volume of the trilogy?
(a) Sherston's Progress.
(b) No answers are correct.
(c) Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man.
(d) Memoirs of an Infantry Officer.

7. Imaginations of the mind are displayed by Fussell through what type of literature?
(a) French.
(b) Blunden.
(c) Post war.
(d) English.

8. According to the British commander, what was obvious to him throughout the first part of the war?
(a) They needed a better attack plan.
(b) They needed men to enlist.
(c) They needed more army members.
(d) They needed a stronger army.

9. A rumor of most wars concerns _____.
(a) Deserters.
(b) Troops.
(c) Officers.
(d) Generals.

10. What trench type was four to six feet wide and six to eight feet deep?
(a) Sap.
(b) Communication trench.
(c) Firing trench.
(d) No answers are correct.

11. What are along the Somme today where the fierce battles were fought?
(a) Residential houses.
(b) Fruit orchards.
(c) Highways.
(d) Vegetable fields.

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

13. In "How Young They Died," a soldier, after two weeks in France, feels how?
(a) Mad.
(b) Disgusted.
(c) Confused.
(d) Happy.

14. This rumor also stated that this German person was wearing _____.
(a) Soft cap.
(b) Hardhats.
(c) Steel helmets.
(d) No answers are correct.

15. The British had failed to do what by Christmas 1915?
(a) Win any battles.
(b) Start a piece treaty.
(c) Break through German lines.
(d) Win the war.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were these trenches called?

2. According to Fussell, what has been affected by time and war?

3. When soldiers wrote letters home, they were not always _____.

4. How long in 1916 did the British commander prepare his troops for the battle against the Germans?

5. What color are the Germans usually described in by soldiers who spent long periods of time in the trenches?

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