Question
Read this excerpt from the letter of a World War I soldier.
We are in the trenches just now. In fact we seem to spend about three times as much time in as we do out. . . .
What is the most likely reason that the soldiers were spending so much more time in the trenches?
to protect themselves from enemy fire and poison gas
to create dangerous areas called no-man’s-land
to avoid the spread of diseases
to use machine guns more easily
We are in the trenches just now. In fact we seem to spend about three times as much time in as we do out. . . .
What is the most likely reason that the soldiers were spending so much more time in the trenches?
to protect themselves from enemy fire and poison gas
to create dangerous areas called no-man’s-land
to avoid the spread of diseases
to use machine guns more easily
Answers
GPT-4o mini
The most likely reason that the soldiers were spending so much more time in the trenches is **to protect themselves from enemy fire and poison gas**. Trenches provided cover and defense against the dangers of warfare, including enemy bullets and gas attacks.