As a student of KS3 history, you may have heard about the lost generation of young men who sacrificed their lives during World War One. It can also be used in the sense that lost means disorientated and directionless in life, as that described how many of the young survivors felt after the war. The horrors they had seen and the constant noise and stress deeply affected the minds of many people coming back from the war. The condition of being shell shocked was applied to people who suffered from a nervous breakdown during the war. In extreme cases, the condition lasted many years after the war had finished.
During the First World War, many people were moved to write poems about their experiences. Vera Brittain was a nurse who lost her brother, fiancé and a close friend and Eleanor Farjeon, the author of books for children, were two of them not directly involved in the fighting at the front line.
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Some of the best known front line soldiers who were poets are Siegfried Sassoon and Wilfred Owen. Many people regard Wilfred Owen as the greatest of the war poets. Sadly, he was killed just a week before the war ended in 1918. Sassoon survived and died aged 80 in the 1960s.
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Love of your country and a duty to fight for it is known as what? |
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Partiality |
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Paternalism |
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Patriotism |
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Patristics |
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Conscription began in Britain at what age? |
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16 |
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18 |
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20 |
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21 |
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What were sometimes handed out as a symbol of cowardice? |
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Black spots |
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White feathers |
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White handkerchiefs |
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Yellow scarves |
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4.
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Britain claimed victory in which naval battle of 1916? |
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Copenhagen |
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Dungeness |
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Jutland |
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Spitsbergen |
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5.
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Jutland is part of which country? |
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Belgium |
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Denmark |
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Netherlands |
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Sweden |
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6.
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Wilfred Owen and Rupert Brooke were killed in the war - both famous ....... |
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musicians |
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painters |
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poets |
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sportsmen |
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7.
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Which passenger liner was sunk by a U-boat torpedo in 1916? |
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Carpathia |
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Lusitania |
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Mauretania |
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Titanic |
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8.
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The Lusitania incident helped to bring which country into the war? |
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New Zealand |
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Republic of Ireland |
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South Africa |
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USA |
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9.
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Who was the U.S. President at that time? |
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Theodore Roosevelt |
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Warren Harding |
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William Taft |
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Woodrow Wilson |
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10.
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At the 3rd Battle of Ypres the Allies aimed to capture which ridge? |
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Fontainebleau |
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Passchendaele |
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Villebaudon |
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Vimy |
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1.
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Love of your country and a duty to fight for it is known as what? |
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[ ] |
Partiality |
[ ] |
Paternalism |
[x] |
Patriotism |
[ ] |
Patristics |
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2.
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Conscription began in Britain at what age? |
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[ ] |
16 |
[x] |
18 |
[ ] |
20 |
[ ] |
21 |
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3.
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What were sometimes handed out as a symbol of cowardice? |
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[ ] |
Black spots |
[x] |
White feathers |
[ ] |
White handkerchiefs |
[ ] |
Yellow scarves |
|
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4.
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Britain claimed victory in which naval battle of 1916? |
|
[ ] |
Copenhagen |
[ ] |
Dungeness |
[x] |
Jutland |
[ ] |
Spitsbergen |
|
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5.
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Jutland is part of which country? |
|
[ ] |
Belgium |
[x] |
Denmark |
[ ] |
Netherlands |
[ ] |
Sweden |
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6.
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Wilfred Owen and Rupert Brooke were killed in the war - both famous ....... |
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[ ] |
musicians |
[ ] |
painters |
[x] |
poets |
[ ] |
sportsmen |
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7.
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Which passenger liner was sunk by a U-boat torpedo in 1916? |
|
[ ] |
Carpathia |
[x] |
Lusitania |
[ ] |
Mauretania |
[ ] |
Titanic |
|
|
8.
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The Lusitania incident helped to bring which country into the war? |
|
[ ] |
New Zealand |
[ ] |
Republic of Ireland |
[ ] |
South Africa |
[x] |
USA |
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|
9.
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Who was the U.S. President at that time? |
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[ ] |
Theodore Roosevelt |
[ ] |
Warren Harding |
[ ] |
William Taft |
[x] |
Woodrow Wilson |
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10.
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At the 3rd Battle of Ypres the Allies aimed to capture which ridge? |
|
[ ] |
Fontainebleau |
[x] |
Passchendaele |
[ ] |
Villebaudon |
[ ] |
Vimy |
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