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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What degree did Graves receive when he completed his time at Oxford?
(a) Bachelor's
(b) Masters
(c) Associates
(d) Doctorate

2. What group recruited Sassoon into its cause?
(a) Pro-war patriots
(b) Anti-war pacifists
(c) German sympathizers
(d) Literary writers

3. Where was Graves sent to a hospital to receive treatment?
(a) Liverpool
(b) Rousen
(c) Somme
(d) England

4. In what year do Graves and Nicholson return to Islip?
(a) 1923
(b) 1929
(c) 1930
(d) 1926

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

6. Where was Graves assigned since he was unable to return to combat?
(a) Media relations
(b) England
(c) Headquarters
(d) Draft office

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

8. What did Lawrence personally refuse to do in regard to his books?
(a) Use the money to support others
(b) Profit from his war-time experience
(c) Write about his experiences
(d) Share it with any publishers

9. How many of Graves' children joined the Armed Forces during World War II?
(a) 1
(b) 4
(c) 2
(d) 3

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

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

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

13. Into what language were all of Graves' lectures, handouts and examinations translated?
(a) French
(b) English
(c) Egyptian
(d) Arabic

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

15. In what month did Graves pass medical inspection to be able to return to battle?
(a) March
(b) November
(c) July
(d) January

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Graves and Sassoon describe the English media's portrayal of the war?

2. In late July during the barrage of artillery fire that Graves' company experienced, about how many of his men were killed instantly?

3. What did Graves become obsessed with happening?

4. While in Cairo, what did Graves act as?

5. In what city did Graves rejoin the war?

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