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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Graves do that impressed his superior officer?
(a) Showed exlempary guarding duties
(b) Spoke German fluently
(c) Competed well in a local boxing match
(d) Organized his troops well

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

3. How did Graves steady his nerves when he felt nervous during the Battle of Loo?
(a) Leaving the trenches and hiding
(b) Writing
(c) Whiskey
(d) Prayer

4. In what area was Graves introduced to the sport of climbing?
(a) Snowdon
(b) Charterhouse
(c) Germany
(d) Ireland

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

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

7. In what month did Graves rejoin the 1st battalion?
(a) November
(b) March
(c) July
(d) April

8. What did Graves consider himself?
(a) Poet and writer
(b) Singer
(c) Educator
(d) Nobelman

9. What were the ribbons which the Royal Welch Fusiliers wore on the back of their dress tunics called?
(a) Honorable
(b) Service
(c) Flash
(d) Dress

10. Which of the following best describes Graves' experience at Charterhouse?
(a) Exciting
(b) Demeaning
(c) Intellectually stimulating
(d) Exceling

11. In what year was Graves born?
(a) 1895
(b) 1850
(c) 1910
(d) 1900

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

13. How many children did Amalie give birth to with Alfred?
(a) 8
(b) 5
(c) 10
(d) 6

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did most of the students at Charterhouse feel about the war with Germany?

2. What did Graves and his fellow officers argue the merits of?

3. What did the officers discuss that were purported to have been committed by specific units or nationalities?

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

5. What did Graves' first wife die from?

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