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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What did Graves consider himself?
(a) Poet and writer
(b) Educator
(c) Singer
(d) Nobelman
2. In what sport did Graves win a first place prize?
(a) Boxing
(b) None
(c) Cricket
(d) Football
3. What were the ribbons which the Royal Welch Fusiliers wore on the back of their dress tunics called?
(a) Service
(b) Dress
(c) Flash
(d) Honorable
4. What new so-called accessory was planned to be released upon the German lines?
(a) Trench rifles
(b) Uniform discharges
(c) Grenades
(d) Chlorine gas
5. What were the English exultant to receive their first shipment of?
(a) New weapons of great destruction
(b) Mortar shells
(c) Rifles
(d) Stokes' Mortars
6. How many pre-1888 regiments did the Royal Welch Fusiliers hold?
(a) 4
(b) 3
(c) 2
(d) 5
7. What did Graves spend his time doing in Harfleur 'Bull Ring' ?
(a) Writing poems
(b) Socializing with his friends
(c) Conducting drills for new units
(d) Documenting atrocities
8. Why did Graves enjoy his time in Germany and feel that he received respect?
(a) Castles they lived in
(b) Relatives' local prestige and lineage
(c) The fact that he was visiting and did not reside in Germany
(d) Parents' financial status
9. Where did Graves and George Mallory become good friends?
(a) Charterhouse
(b) Parent's home
(c) Oxford
(d) Germany
10. With whom did Graves develop an amorous, but not physically erotic, relationship?
(a) Raymond
(b) Nevill
(c) Dick
(d) Amalie
11. Which of the following was not included in Graves' childhood pursuits?
(a) Moralistic stories
(b) Math
(c) Reading
(d) Theater
12. From what country could Graves trace his maternal pedigree?
(a) England
(b) Ireland
(c) Germany
(d) France
13. How many Special Reservists was Graves in charge of in Lancaster?
(a) 5
(b) 50
(c) 500
(d) 5000
14. After the Great War, what did Graves insist he was as far as his heritage was concerned?
(a) English
(b) Spanish
(c) French
(d) Irish
15. What were many of the students at Charterhouse impressed with in regards to Graves?
(a) Mental Abilities
(b) Physical ability
(c) Poetic skills
(d) Academic skills
Short Answer Questions
1. What were the English soldiers given during the summer of 1915?
2. Which disease did Graves believe resulted mostly from low morale?
3. What did the men in battle do with their belongings when they were planning for an assault?
4. Which of the following did Graves indicate was not rampant among the officers?
5. Which of the following places was Graves not billeted?
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