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

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

3. One movement that occurred in England at the time of the Great War promoted a belief that education should consist of classical and English _____.
(a) Music.
(b) No answers are correct.
(c) Folklore.
(d) Literature.

4. Who is the author of "But It Still Goes On?"
(a) Sassoon.
(b) Douglas.
(c) Graves.
(d) Prince.

5. The Imperial War Graves Commission ruled that everyone is considered equal, including who?
(a) Military.
(b) Civilians.
(c) Veterans.
(d) Dead.

Short Answer Questions

1. Because of their secret, both of the main characters in "But It Still Goes On" are what?

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

3. What does the speaker at an elegy become aware of?

4. What author writes showing the use of an elegy based on the pastoral?

5. Where does Graves study English literature?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Wilfred Owen's writings and his service time in the war.

2. Explain how the British pre-war class system was the most pronounced in Europe.

3. How was there a debate on whether the English language was not adequate to deal with war?

4. How have gardens always been an important factor in English literature and the word pastoral applies to war literature?

5. What is so special about blond males in most wartime literature? Name some authors who wrote about blond males.

6. How are sheep and shepherds a part of things pastoral and used in literature?

7. Describe the two movements that coincided in England at the time the Great War occurred.

8. How are elegies based on the pastoral?

9. Give some examples of how writers associate the military with theater?

10. What sorts of things are considered pastoral in the literature about the war?

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