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Homework: Surviving Shell Shock 2024

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Question 1

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

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Testimony #1

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Testimony #3

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Question 6

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

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Testimony #2

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Question 5

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

A military formation used for marching and drills. 

A political movement that spread across Europe during WWI.

A mental illness that deeply impact soldiers after the war. 

A ditch created in the ground during war time for soldiers to hide in and attack from.

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

When a person is so excited they can hardly find the right words to say. 

A result of trauma that could result in a person being unable to talk. 

The inability to sit through a speech.

when a person does not know how to write a speech.

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...

forgotten about and left on the battlefield. 

grateful for doctors visits.

ignored by medical staff because of how still he was.

happy to be alive.

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? 

It was a widely accepted label amongst military personnel. 

There was a divide between those in favor and against this label.

Soldiers did not want to be stigmatized with this label.

Soldiers found honor in this label.