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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many men passed through the Royal Welch Fusiliers throughout the course of the war according to Graves?
(a) 800
(b) 100-120 thousand
(c) 10 thousand
(d) 15-20 thousand

2. In August of 1915, where was a major offensive planned?
(a) Bythuyne
(b) Vermelles
(c) La Bassye
(d) Cambrin

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

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

5. Where was Graves dispatched to join a unit destined for combat in France?
(a) Lancaster
(b) Wrexham
(c) Welch
(d) Fusiliers

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Graves sent starting at age six?

2. What disgusted Graves that was a somewhat common practice among the students at Charterhouse?

3. Which of the following best defines the term untoward when used to describe Jack Graves' school chum?

4. How was the regiment's second-in-command referred to?

5. How did Graves steady his nerves when he felt nervous during the Battle of Loo?

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