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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 23.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many days did it take Graves to travel 17 miles when he was transferred?
(a) 2 months
(b) 1 week
(c) 2 days
(d) 1 day

2. What did Graves purchase during his recovery period?
(a) Boat ticket to America
(b) Typewriter
(c) Weapons
(d) Cottage

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

4. What was issued in preparation for the Somme?
(a) New rifles
(b) New bullets
(c) New mortars
(d) New gas masks

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did the police change the rules about soldiers convalescing at their personal homes?

2. Where was Graves posted when he was transferred to the Royal Welch Fusiliers?

3. Where was Graves dispatched to join a unit destined for combat in France?

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

5. Which of the following best describes Graves' skills at sports?

(see the answer key)

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