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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Amalie von Ranke want to perform while traveling?
(a) Writing travel brochures
(b) Finding a husband
(c) Humanitarian services
(d) Sight seeing

2. What color were the ribbons the Royal Welch Fusiliers wore on the back of their dress tunics?
(a) Crimson
(b) Orange
(c) Purple
(d) Black

3. 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

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

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

6. Which of the following adjectives best describes how Graves found climbing?
(a) Surprising
(b) Depressing
(c) Fulfilling
(d) Challenging

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

8. Which of the following classes of people ranked lowest within the social code that Graves describes?
(a) Serfs
(b) Women
(c) Bourgeoisie
(d) Immigrant workers

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

10. In what year did Graves indicate Chapter 12 was originally written?
(a) 1910
(b) 1932
(c) 1900
(d) 1916

11. When did Graves begin to feel shame about his German heritage?
(a) After he aged and reflected back on his childhood
(b) When his relatives committed crimes
(c) As the great war approached
(d) When he was home in England

12. Where was Graves dispatched to join a unit destined for combat in France?
(a) Welch
(b) Lancaster
(c) Fusiliers
(d) Wrexham

13. For what were the Royal Welch Fusiliers notorious?
(a) Supporting the Navy
(b) Surrending to the Germans
(c) Participating in four of the hardest fought victories
(d) Being disgraced by the cavalry

14. What was issued in preparation for the Somme?
(a) New mortars
(b) New bullets
(c) New rifles
(d) New gas masks

15. What was the age range of the men in Graves' platoon of Welshmen?
(a) 15-63
(b) 20-70
(c) 18-50
(d) 12-45

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year does Graves believe Mallory reached the summit of Mount Everest?

2. What were the English soldiers given during the summer of 1915?

3. Which of the following describes the relationship between Graves and George Mallory?

4. How was the regiment's second-in-command referred to?

5. Where was Graves born?

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