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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long did Graves go untreated?
(a) 12 hours
(b) 24 hours
(c) 2 days
(d) 3 days

2. In what city did Graves rejoin the war?
(a) Givenchy
(b) Somme
(c) Litherland
(d) London

3. What sport does Graves take up?
(a) Football
(b) Soccer
(c) Cricket
(d) Baseball

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

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

6. How did Graves find the politics of school life?
(a) Distasteful
(b) Easily maneuvered
(c) Engaging
(d) Stimulating

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

8. Where did the ship stop on the way to Egypt?
(a) Sicily
(b) Greece
(c) Gibraltar
(d) Italy

9. Who visited Graves on the ship before he departed for Egypt?
(a) Eliot
(b) Sassoon
(c) Lawrence
(d) Catherine

10. Why did Graves leave Majorca, Spain?
(a) Because he was not allowed to write in Spain
(b) Because his children needed different care
(c) Because the Spanish Civil War started
(d) Because his wife died

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

12. What was the last year Graves attended Oxford?
(a) 1925
(b) 1930
(c) 1926
(d) 1928

13. Which of the following characters was the principal medical officer in service at the Craiglockhart War Hospital?
(a) Sassoon
(b) Cork
(c) Rivers
(d) Owen

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

15. How did Graves describe the enrollment at Oxford in October of 1919?
(a) Nearly deserted
(b) Complete
(c) Surprisingly busy
(d) Barren

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Graves sent by a strange accident of military orders?

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

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

4. When was Graves' first son born?

5. When were Graves and Nicholson married?

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