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CLEP Western Civ II

Category - WWI

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World War I produced more literature written by soldiers than any previous war because
  1. Trench warfare lent itself to picturesque scenes.
  2. It was the first war in which nearly all the soldiers were literate.
  3. The popular press would only publish fiction.
  4. The elite wrote poetry to distinguish themselves among the troops.
  5. Freudian theory suggested that men should express their emotions.
Explanation
Answer: B - The armies of World War I were the first in which nearly all the troops were literate, thanks to reforms in education throughout the European nations. Therefore, these educated troops published much poetry during the war and a wealth of memoirs thereafter, the most famous of which was Eric Remarque's All's Quiet on the Western Front (1928).
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