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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At what university did Graves secure a position?
(a) Oxford
(b) Harvard
(c) University of London
(d) Royal Egyptian University of Cairo

2. What did Graves pretend he was in the tiny cottage during his recovery?
(a) Dentist
(b) Doctor
(c) Reporter
(d) Poet

3. How did Graves feel about eighteenth century poetry?
(a) Excited
(b) Unsympathetic
(c) Moved
(d) Disgusted

4. Which of the following characters opened a shop for about six months and did a brisk business in groceries and goods?
(a) Hardy
(b) Graves
(c) Lawrence
(d) Masefield

5. How did Graves re-enter active duty after he recuperated?
(a) Recruiter
(b) Battle planner
(c) Foreign affairs consultant
(d) Drill and musketry instructor

6. Why did Graves' commanding officer refuse to honor his request to resign his commission?
(a) He did not like Graves and wanted him to suffer
(b) He needed him to continue to train new soldiers
(c) He wanted him to perform in the Battalion theatrical
(d) He wanted him to take over his command

7. How many children did Graves have with his second wife?
(a) 2
(b) 3
(c) 4
(d) 5

8. In what year was the armistice announced?
(a) 1920
(b) 1916
(c) 1918
(d) 1915

9. Where did the doctor advise Nancy that she should live for health reasons?
(a) Egypt
(b) Russia
(c) Italy
(d) America

10. In what year was the epilogue added to this novel?
(a) 1948
(b) 1950
(c) 1960
(d) 1957

11. Which of the following terms did Graves use to describe England?
(a) Destroyed
(b) Otherworldly
(c) Bizarre
(d) Wonderful

12. How many children did Graves have?
(a) 6
(b) 5
(c) 4
(d) 3

13. What did Graves become obsessed with happening?
(a) Idea of becoming a poet
(b) Idea of a gas attack
(c) Idea of peace
(d) Idea of being sent back to the trenches

14. Which of the following terms did Graves use to describe military justice?
(a) Fair
(b) Harsh
(c) Disproportional
(d) Uneven

15. Which of the following literary icons did not die in rapid succession while Graves attended Oxford?
(a) Rivers
(b) Mallory
(c) Raleigh
(d) Eliot

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to deserters?

2. What was the name of Graves' first child?

3. When were Graves and Nicholson married?

4. Why did the police change the rules about soldiers convalescing at their personal homes?

5. With which of the following literary figures did Graves develop a deep and sincere friendship?

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