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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) Idiot Crossroads.
(c) Etaples.
(d) Bugger.

2. Who does Robert Graves meet when he joins the First Battalion?
(a) George Adams.
(b) Anthony Burgess.
(c) Siegfried Sassoon.
(d) George Sherston.

3. The use of the pastoral in literature is an example of the model-like world of what?
(a) English writing.
(b) French writing.
(c) Scotish writing.
(d) German writing.

4. Fussell mentions that some people thought that a certain language was not adequate enough to deal with war. Which language is it?
(a) Spanish.
(b) English.
(c) French.
(d) German.

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

6. Who was British and was said to contribute to theater in Britain, basically being considered a national asset?
(a) Graves.
(b) Whitman.
(c) Shakespeare.
(d) Blunden.

7. Because of their secret, both of the main characters in "But It Still Goes On" are what?
(a) Excited.
(b) Nervous.
(c) Sad.
(d) Afraid.

8. What is barbed wire discussed in terms of within English pastoral literature?
(a) Flowers.
(b) Thickets.
(c) Gardens.
(d) Roses.

9. In "Oh What a Literary War," the literature of the time is alive with _____.
(a) Realism.
(b) Beauty.
(c) Allusion.
(d) Imagination.

10. What did the army give soldiers a life not complicated by?
(a) Love.
(b) Sex.
(c) Women.
(d) Fights.

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

12. What does the speaker at an elegy become aware of?
(a) His own creativity.
(b) His own mortality.
(c) His own sensitivity.
(d) His own empathy.

13. What does the soldier seek as a way of countering loneliness and terror in the battle field?
(a) Communication.
(b) Affection.
(c) Sex.
(d) Love.

14. After he returns to his unit, what does Graves get sent to the hospital for?
(a) Appendicitus.
(b) Mental illness.
(c) Severe fever.
(d) Bronchitis.

15. When Graves recovers, he returns to his unit. Where is his unit stationed?
(a) Somme.
(b) No answers are correct.
(c) Bethune.
(d) Laventie.

Short Answer Questions

1. Pilgrim's Progress is mentioned quite a bit with its references and allusions to _____.

2. What style does Fussell show as being the direst way of saying what transpired, instead of using symbols or allusion?

3. What was the purpose of the attack on Edmund Blunden at Ypres?

4. What did the rose mean to many people in England?

5. Who is the author of "Exposure"?

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