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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What was the last year Graves attended Oxford?
(a) 1928
(b) 1926
(c) 1930
(d) 1925
2. In what country did Graves live during World War II?
(a) Egypt
(b) United States
(c) England
(d) Spain
3. How did Graves and Sassoon communicate?
(a) Visits
(b) Letters
(c) Through military channels
(d) They did not
4. How did Graves describe the enrollment at Oxford in October of 1919?
(a) Barren
(b) Complete
(c) Surprisingly busy
(d) Nearly deserted
5. How did Graves re-enter active duty after he recuperated?
(a) Battle planner
(b) Foreign affairs consultant
(c) Recruiter
(d) Drill and musketry instructor
6. Which genre did Graves write the most poetry in?
(a) Poetry
(b) Nonfiction
(c) Fiction
(d) Fantasy
7. Which of the following characters was the principal medical officer in service at the Craiglockhart War Hospital?
(a) Owen
(b) Cork
(c) Sassoon
(d) Rivers
8. Socially, England became anti which nationality?
(a) Italian
(b) Spanish
(c) French
(d) German
9. How did Graves consider the war?
(a) Clear and well run
(b) Evil and pointless
(c) Understandable and necessary
(d) A brave effort
10. Who visited Graves on the ship before he departed for Egypt?
(a) Lawrence
(b) Eliot
(c) Sassoon
(d) Catherine
11. What present day term is equivalent to what Graves refers to as neurasthenia and illusion?
(a) Insomina
(b) Schizophrenia
(c) Shell-shock with flashbacks
(d) PSTD
12. In late July during the barrage of artillery fire that Graves' company experienced, about how many of his men were killed instantly?
(a) One third
(b) One half
(c) Three fourths
(d) Two thirds
13. Where did the ship stop on the way to Egypt?
(a) Italy
(b) Greece
(c) Gibraltar
(d) Sicily
14. In what year do Graves and Nicholson return to Islip?
(a) 1929
(b) 1923
(c) 1926
(d) 1930
15. How did Sassoon announce his intention to refuse further service?
(a) Letter
(b) Speech
(c) Desertion
(d) Face-to-face
Short Answer Questions
1. What sport does Graves take up?
2. Which of the following terms did Graves use to describe military justice?
3. What did Graves pretend he was in the tiny cottage during his recovery?
4. How did Graves feel about the war rationing of food?
5. Into what language were all of Graves' lectures, handouts and examinations translated?
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