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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Fussell demonstrates the use of pet names for cities and places. What word was used to refer to eat-apples?
(a) Old Jerry.
(b) Bugger.
(c) Idiot Crossroads.
(d) Etaples.

2. Who is the author of "Soldiers Bathing?"
(a) Douglas.
(b) Prince.
(c) Graves.
(d) Brooke.

3. Pilgrim's Progress is mentioned quite a bit with its references and allusions to _____.
(a) Thanksgiving.
(b) England.
(c) War.
(d) Germany.

4. Who allowed the publication of Wilfred Owen's works after his death?
(a) Father.
(b) Mother.
(c) Publisher.
(d) Commanding officer.

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

6. In "Exposure," where do the men dream they are?
(a) With family.
(b) Flower garden.
(c) Grassier ditches.
(d) Home.

7. Who does Fussell mention is a very popular author of the time?
(a) Thomas Hardy.
(b) George Sherston.
(c) Evelyn Waugh.
(d) Siegfried Sassoon.

8. What type of bird is associated with sunset?
(a) Larks.
(b) Eagles.
(c) Robins.
(d) Nightingales.

9. During this time, what was considered the main form of entertainment?
(a) All answers are correct.
(b) Sports.
(c) Classical music.
(d) Literature and the arts.

10. Which cemeteries did the traditional social distinctions not apply?
(a) French.
(b) British.
(c) German.
(d) Scotish.

11. Who are referred to as shepherds tending to their sheep?
(a) President.
(b) Generals.
(c) Priests.
(d) Bishops.

12. There are many literary links between war and what?
(a) Peace.
(b) Rape.
(c) Sexuality.
(d) Looting.

13. Fussell shows that some words, such as trench coat, stemmed from _____.
(a) France.
(b) War.
(c) Trenches.
(d) England.

14. Sheep and shepherds by themselves are not pastoral. What might you add to them to make them pastoral?
(a) Birds.
(b) Flowers.
(c) Songs.
(d) Gardens.

15. Fussell demonstrates the troops making a vocabulary that developed and they used in everyday life. What word was used to refer to passing units on the road?
(a) Etaples.
(b) Bugger.
(c) Idiot Crossroads.
(d) Old Jerry.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Robert Graves Lieutenant when he joins the First Battalion?

2. What soldiers are said to have a flair for theatrics?

3. What do some writers like George Adam's associate the military with?

4. After Graves is released from the hospital the second time, where does Graves spend the remainder of the war?

5. In Robert Graves work, Goodbye to All That, Graves tells the story of his own life. In battle his friend is killed in action. What happens to Graves while in battle?

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