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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what form was Chapter 13 originally composed?
(a) Personal narrative
(b) Oral dictation
(c) Diary entries
(d) Personal letters

2. After the Great War, what did Graves insist he was as far as his heritage was concerned?
(a) Irish
(b) Spanish
(c) English
(d) French

3. Where did Graves go on leave during Chapter 15?
(a) Madrid
(b) Paris
(c) Vermelles
(d) London

4. Where was the offensive that Graves was sent forward to help prepare for?
(a) Fricourt
(b) Somme
(c) Stockingholm
(d) England

5. How long was Graves in Harfleur 'Bull Ring'?
(a) 10 weeks
(b) 5 weeks
(c) 4 weeks
(d) 8 weeks

6. What were the English exultant to receive their first shipment of?
(a) Rifles
(b) Mortar shells
(c) New weapons of great destruction
(d) Stokes' Mortars

7. Which of the following did Graves use to describe death during the summer of 1915?
(a) Omniscient
(b) Omnipotent
(c) Ambivilent
(d) Omnipresent

8. Where was Graves sent starting at age six?
(a) Hospital
(b) Seminary
(c) Preparatory school
(d) Mission

9. How was the regiment's second-in-command referred to?
(a) Captain Cornball
(b) Buzz Off
(c) Punctilious Page
(d) Arrogant Idiot

10. Which of the following did Graves indicate was not rampant among the officers?
(a) Alcoholism
(b) Pessimism
(c) Optimism
(d) Neurathenia

11. Where was Graves posted when he was transferred to the Royal Welch Fusiliers?
(a) 4th Battalion
(b) 3rd Battalion
(c) 1st Battalion
(d) 2nd Battalion

12. How far back is Graves able to trace his ancestral history?
(a) 1050
(b) 1267
(c) 100
(d) 1425

13. Where did Graves and George Mallory become good friends?
(a) Charterhouse
(b) Parent's home
(c) Germany
(d) Oxford

14. How long did Graves spend in basic training?
(a) Three months
(b) One week
(c) Two months
(d) Three weeks

15. Why were Graves' clothing and possessions considered second-rate?
(a) His parents were not wealthy
(b) His parents did not provide pocket money
(c) Graves did not care about his appearance
(d) Graves kept money for other things he wanted to do rather than to buy clothing

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following classes of people ranked lowest within the social code that Graves describes?

2. Why did Graves enjoy his time in Germany and feel that he received respect?

3. What was issued in preparation for the Somme?

4. In what year was Graves born?

5. What did Siegfried Sassoon do?

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