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I have been privileged to see the new CBH Board #FWW GCSE Exam questions. Try them yourself:
Q1) In 1917, was Robert Nivelle the man who turned Champagne into real pain?
Q1) In 1917, was Robert Nivelle the man who turned Champagne into real pain?
Q2) “Ra Ra Rasputin, lover of the Russian Queen, there was a cat that really was gone”. Discuss in regard to the Brusilov Offensive of 1916 (hat tip to @hammondsd for this one)
Q3) Can the late Richard Holmes be accused of being on his high horse about the 1914 #BEF in his book Riding the Retreat?
Q4) Did the British Army deliberately fight its #FWW battles in places that allowed popular historians to make jokes like ‘Ypres of Trouble’, ‘Loos Cannon’ and ‘Somme Success’? If yes, provide further examples in support of your argument.
Q5) “When you’re smiling, when you’re smiling, the whole world smiles with you.” This lyric is from a popular song which was written in 1928 as a tribute to Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig who died in that year.
True or false?
True or false?
Q6) “The French French said the French in French”. Punctuate this sentence correctly and explain it in relation to Allied co-operation on the Western Front in 1914 *without* mentioning the words ‘confusion’ or ‘Field Marshal’ in your answer (extra marks for answers in French)
Q7) Multiple choice. Is ‘poilu’
Q8) Was the 1918 Spring Offensive?
Q9) The FWW in popular culture. In the 1995 film The Usual Suspects, the character Kaiser Söze was frequently mentioned. What relation was he to Kaiser Bill?
Q9) La Chanson de Craonne is, of course, very familiar to every British #FWW historian.
What colour was the craonne and what was it used to draw? (Extra marks for artistic interpretation available)
What colour was the craonne and what was it used to draw? (Extra marks for artistic interpretation available)
