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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did many of the English soldiers do routinely before a mass attack?
(a) Go into town to have a party
(b) Read and prayer together as a group
(c) Drink heavily
(d) Pool their cash into a sweepstakes

2. How old were Robert's parents when he was born?
(a) Mother 40; Father 49
(b) Mother 50; Father 30
(c) Mother 30; Father 50
(d) Mother 48; Father 42

3. Where did Graves and some others go to rescue survivors after the battle of Loo?
(a) Barbed wire area
(b) Germany
(c) No Man's Land
(d) Trenches

4. Which of the following was not included in Graves' childhood pursuits?
(a) Theater
(b) Reading
(c) Moralistic stories
(d) Math

5. In what year does Graves believe Mallory reached the summit of Mount Everest?
(a) 1910
(b) 1930
(c) 1928
(d) 1924

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Graves spend at least five of his summers while he was a child?

2. From what disease did Robert suffer at the young age of approximately four-and-one-half?

3. Where would Graves and his men go when German artillery was close?

4. After the Great War, what did Graves insist he was as far as his heritage was concerned?

5. What sport did Graves take up to help him be left alone by school bullies?

(see the answer key)

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