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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What position did Graves hold during his final year at Charterhouse?
(a) Assistant Teacher
(b) Writer
(c) Instructor
(d) Assistant editor

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

3. How did Graves choose to think of Dick after reading the newspaper article about him?
(a) Dead
(b) Fondly
(c) As a deviant
(d) In jail

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

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

6. To what sport did Mallory introduce Graves?
(a) Climbing
(b) Running
(c) Boxing
(d) Shooting

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

8. With whom did Graves develop an amorous, but not physically erotic, relationship?
(a) Amalie
(b) Dick
(c) Nevill
(d) Raymond

9. How did Graves describe the religious feeling among the soldiers?
(a) Rampant
(b) Surprisingly resilient
(c) Slipping, but still present
(d) Non-existent

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

11. How did most of the students at Charterhouse feel about the war with Germany?
(a) Surprising
(b) Demeaning
(c) Avoidable
(d) Inevitable

12. How many Special Reservists was Graves in charge of in Lancaster?
(a) 5
(b) 500
(c) 50
(d) 5000

13. From what country could Graves trace his maternal pedigree?
(a) France
(b) Germany
(c) Ireland
(d) England

14. What injury did Graves suffer?
(a) Broken nose
(b) Broken leg
(c) Bullet wound
(d) Rib fracture

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

Short Answer Questions

1. At what age did Robert stop being fervant about his religious studies?

2. Which disease did Graves believe resulted mostly from low morale?

3. Where did Graves and some others go to rescue survivors after the battle of Loo?

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

5. To what rank was Graves gazetted during Chapter 16?

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