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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What sport did Graves take up to help him be left alone by school bullies?
(a) Boxing
(b) Football
(c) Cricket
(d) Soccer

2. Which of the following best describes Graves' experience at Charterhouse?
(a) Exciting
(b) Intellectually stimulating
(c) Exceling
(d) Demeaning

3. Where did Graves spend at least five of his summers while he was a child?
(a) Germany
(b) England
(c) Ireland
(d) France

4. From what did Graves resign during his final year at school?
(a) The Carthusian
(b) Charterhouse
(c) Officers' Training Corps
(d) Boxing club

5. What did Graves consider himself?
(a) Nobelman
(b) Poet and writer
(c) Educator
(d) Singer

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Graves' first wife die from?

2. How did most of the students at Charterhouse feel about the war with Germany?

3. From what country could Graves trace his maternal pedigree?

4. What were many of the students at Charterhouse impressed with in regards to Graves?

5. Which of the following people did Graves meet during his final year in school who was also a famous mountaineer?

(see the answer key)

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