Homework: Surviving Shell Shock 2024

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6 questions
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As stated in the text, what was the primary cause of Shell shock?

Testimony #1

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What is the correct definition of the word "trenches?"


Testimony #2

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It can be reasonably inferred from Testimony #2 that "speechlessness" is...

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It can be most reasonably inferred that the sentence:

"But he’d been sitting there apparently a long, long time and no-one seemed to have taken much notice of him."

spoke to how this soldier was...


Testimony #3

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When Edwin Bigwood uses phrases such as,

"we'd rather lose a leg",
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"we didn't mind being wounded... it was the dread of being shell shocked"

which statement best embodies how soldiers viewed Shell shock?

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In at least one complete sentence, please describe what "Shell shock" is in your own words.