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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Into what language were all of Graves' lectures, handouts and examinations translated?
(a) French
(b) English
(c) Arabic
(d) Egyptian
2. What was the sentiment at Oxford in regard to the war?
(a) Anti-war
(b) Pro-war
(c) Anti- German
(d) Pro-soldier
3. In what country did Graves live during World War II?
(a) England
(b) Egypt
(c) Spain
(d) United States
4. What did Graves pretend he was in the tiny cottage during his recovery?
(a) Reporter
(b) Poet
(c) Doctor
(d) Dentist
5. What did Graves become obsessed with happening?
(a) Idea of becoming a poet
(b) Idea of peace
(c) Idea of being sent back to the trenches
(d) Idea of a gas attack
6. Who does Graves routinely help out?
(a) Tutoring students
(b) Struggling writers
(c) Drug addicts
(d) Homeless ex-soldiers
7. Where was Graves assigned since he was unable to return to combat?
(a) Headquarters
(b) Media relations
(c) England
(d) Draft office
8. Where was Graves sent by a strange accident of military orders?
(a) Germany
(b) France
(c) Ireland
(d) England
9. Who continues to live with Graves?
(a) Nichole
(b) Nicholson
(c) His father
(d) Lawrence
10. Which of the following terms did Graves use to describe military justice?
(a) Harsh
(b) Fair
(c) Disproportional
(d) Uneven
11. When were Graves and Nicholson married?
(a) April 1918
(b) March 1917
(c) February 1919
(d) January 1918
12. To whom did Lawrence introduce Graves?
(a) Ezra Pound
(b) Robert Nichols
(c) John Masefield
(d) Thomas Hardy
13. Who tutored Graves during his latter years at Oxford?
(a) Sir Walter Raleigh
(b) W H Davies
(c) T S Eliot
(d) Walter de la Mare
14. While in Cairo, what did Graves act as?
(a) Dean of Students
(b) Examiner for the diploma class of the Higher Training College
(c) President of the University
(d) Commander of the University
15. What did Graves' mother force him to do while he was in England?
(a) Visit all of his school friends
(b) Visit wounded soldiers
(c) Hide from everyone
(d) Attend long church services
Short Answer Questions
1. What happened to Graves as he completed his work as a drill and musketry instructor?
2. Which genre did Graves write the most poetry in?
3. What did Lawrence personally refuse to do in regard to his books?
4. How did Sassoon announce his intention to refuse further service?
5. What did Graves do after he left the service?
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