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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What were many of the students at Charterhouse impressed with in regards to Graves?
(a) Academic skills
(b) Mental Abilities
(c) Poetic skills
(d) Physical ability

4. How many pre-1888 regiments did the Royal Welch Fusiliers hold?
(a) 4
(b) 5
(c) 2
(d) 3

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

6. In August of 1915, where was a major offensive planned?
(a) Cambrin
(b) La Bassye
(c) Bythuyne
(d) Vermelles

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

8. 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

9. Which of the following places was Graves not billeted?
(a) Cuinchy Brick Stacks
(b) Paris
(c) Bythune
(d) Cambrin

10. Which of the following best defines the term untoward when used to describe Jack Graves' school chum?
(a) Inappropriate
(b) Pessimistic
(c) Unlucky
(d) Disadvantagous

11. What new so-called accessory was planned to be released upon the German lines?
(a) Trench rifles
(b) Grenades
(c) Chlorine gas
(d) Uniform discharges

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

13. Approximately how many men out of the 800 men were casualties after the first day of the Battle of Loo?
(a) 700
(b) 650
(c) 200
(d) 550

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What were the English exultant to receive their first shipment of?

2. How far back is Graves able to trace his ancestral history?

3. Which of the following did Graves use to describe death during the summer of 1915?

4. In what month did Graves rejoin the 1st battalion?

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

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