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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where did Graves say the chaplains could be found?
(a) In the trenches
(b) Far behind the lines
(c) Front lines
(d) Safely in the churches

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

4. Which terms best describe the type of men which made up the Welsh Regiment?
(a) Independent thinkers
(b) Desired to be commanded
(c) Objective
(d) Irrationale

5. What did the officers discuss that were purported to have been committed by specific units or nationalities?
(a) Improbable acts
(b) Acts of kindness
(c) Surprising maneuvers
(d) Atrocities

6. Why was the Royal Welch Fusiliers regiment not disgraced when they surrendered at Yorktown?
(a) All twenty-nine regiments did not surrender
(b) There was no physical record that they surrendered
(c) Other regiments surrendered before they did
(d) They were abandoned by the Navy

7. What happened to nearly all of Graves' relatives who fought in the German armed forces?
(a) Killed in action
(b) Defected to England
(c) Were war heros
(d) Went AWOL

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

9. Which disease did Graves believe resulted mostly from low morale?
(a) Trench feet
(b) Suicide
(c) Alcoholism
(d) Neurathenia

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

11. What sport did Graves take up to help him be left alone by school bullies?
(a) Soccer
(b) Cricket
(c) Football
(d) Boxing

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

13. 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

14. At what age did Robert stop being fervant about his religious studies?
(a) 16
(b) 12
(c) 20
(d) 18

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

Short Answer Questions

1. To what sport did Mallory introduce Graves?

2. For what were the Royal Welch Fusiliers notorious?

3. In what year was Chapter 13 originally written?

4. What was issued in preparation for the Somme?

5. In what area was Graves introduced to the sport of climbing?

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