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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the sentiment at Oxford in regard to the war?
(a) Pro-war
(b) Anti-war
(c) Anti- German
(d) Pro-soldier

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

3. What type of disorder did Graves develop?
(a) Pneumonia
(b) Nervous disorders
(c) Neurasthenia
(d) Tic

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) Masefield
(d) Lawrence

5. In what year was Graves' second child born?
(a) 1925
(b) 1923
(c) 1921
(d) 1922

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

7. What was Sassoon treated for at Craiglockhart War Hospital?
(a) Insanity
(b) Neurasthenia
(c) Bullet wounds
(d) Pneumonia

8. What did Graves do after he left the service?
(a) Went into the theatre
(b) Stayed home with his daughter
(c) Became a student at Oxford
(d) Moved to America

9. Socially, England became anti which nationality?
(a) German
(b) Spanish
(c) Italian
(d) French

10. Why did the troops treat Graves with a chilly reception?
(a) His wealth
(b) The fact that he had time away from the war
(c) His rank
(d) German middle name

11. When were Graves and Nicholson married?
(a) February 1919
(b) January 1918
(c) April 1918
(d) March 1917

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

13. What would the students who passed the examination go on to do?
(a) Work in the United States
(b) Become translators at embassies
(c) Become the future university instructors
(d) Offer English instruction at primary and secondary schools

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

15. Which of the following parts was not injured on Graves?
(a) Face
(b) Thigh
(c) Chest
(d) Ankle

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year was the epilogue added to this novel?

2. What did Lawrence personally refuse to do in regard to his books?

3. What sport does Graves take up?

4. What did Graves' mother force him to do while he was in England?

5. Into what language were all of Graves' lectures, handouts and examinations translated?

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