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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What did Graves believe he contracted?
(a) Pneumonia
(b) Tuberculosis
(c) Plague
(d) Spanish influenza
2. With which of the following literary figures did Graves develop a deep and sincere friendship?
(a) Masefield
(b) Hemingway
(c) Nichols
(d) Lawrence
3. What was Sassoon treated for at Craiglockhart War Hospital?
(a) Neurasthenia
(b) Insanity
(c) Bullet wounds
(d) Pneumonia
4. What did Graves find displayed everywhere in England?
(a) Anti-war sentiments
(b) German support
(c) Names of the injured and dead
(d) Patriotism
5. How many children did Graves have with his second wife?
(a) 3
(b) 5
(c) 4
(d) 2
6. What did Graves' mother force him to do while he was in England?
(a) Hide from everyone
(b) Attend long church services
(c) Visit all of his school friends
(d) Visit wounded soldiers
7. When were Graves and Nicholson married?
(a) February 1919
(b) January 1918
(c) March 1917
(d) April 1918
8. In what year was Graves' second child born?
(a) 1923
(b) 1921
(c) 1925
(d) 1922
9. How did Sassoon announce his intention to refuse further service?
(a) Face-to-face
(b) Desertion
(c) Letter
(d) Speech
10. Which genre did Graves write the most poetry in?
(a) Poetry
(b) Fiction
(c) Nonfiction
(d) Fantasy
11. In what month did Graves pass medical inspection to be able to return to battle?
(a) March
(b) January
(c) November
(d) July
12. Which of the following literary figures was not one of friendships Graves made while at Oxford?
(a) Hemingway
(b) Nichols
(c) Masefield
(d) Lawrence
13. Where was Graves sent by a strange accident of military orders?
(a) France
(b) Germany
(c) England
(d) Ireland
14. What was Graves plagued by as he entered school at Oxford?
(a) Pneumonia
(b) Influenza
(c) Neurasthenia
(d) Tuberculosis
15. How many of Graves' children joined the Armed Forces during World War II?
(a) 3
(b) 1
(c) 4
(d) 2
Short Answer Questions
1. What did Graves do after he left the service?
2. Which of the following literary icons did not die in rapid succession while Graves attended Oxford?
3. When was Graves' first son born?
4. In what year do Graves and Nicholson return to Islip?
5. Which of the following terms did Graves use to describe military justice?
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