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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. George Sherston used to carry what as a good luck piece?
(a) A four leaf clover.
(b) A pen.
(c) A feather.
(d) A chunk of fire opal.

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

3. What services continued during the war to make the soldiers feel very close to home?
(a) Newspaper delivery.
(b) Mail service.
(c) All answers are correct.
(d) Magazine subscriptions.

4. In many instances for soldiers in battle, the mind imagines what to be larger than life?
(a) Defeat.
(b) The enemy.
(c) Returning home.
(d) Victory.

5. At the beginning of World War I, who was the British commander?
(a) George Sherston.
(b) General Sir George Plumer.
(c) Thomas Hardy.
(d) Sir Douglas Haig.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Fussell refer to as the master of spiritual irony?

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

3. The writer George Sherston uses the sky to describe _____.

4. Before World War I, how many years had it been since Britian was engaged in a major war?

5. Fussell shares a story of a soldier who was said to be crucified. What country is this soldier from?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the myth of the ruined basilica with a statue of the Virgin and Child on top in Albert, France?

2. What was the British Line?

3. Fussell shows an example of a soldier from a book by Stuart Cloete. In Cloete's book, How Young They Died, how does the soldier view time?

4. What was the purpose of Siegfried Sassoon's trilogy?

5. What was the difference between British commanders General Sir George Plumer and Sir Douglas Haig?

6. What is the relationship between the officers and the soldiers?

7. What was wrong with the British commander Sir Douglas Haig's war planning?

8. What three things happened in November 1918 when the Allies broke through the German lines with their counterattack?

9. Rumors of most wars concern deserters. What do these rumors say?

10. Describe the traditional ritual meaning of dawn and its association with the Great War.

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