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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What were the ribbons which the Royal Welch Fusiliers wore on the back of their dress tunics called?
(a) Flash
(b) Honorable
(c) Service
(d) Dress

2. Which of the following is the best definition for the term desultory as used to describe German shelling?
(a) Random
(b) Methodical
(c) Specific
(d) Tiresome

3. What did the officers discuss that were purported to have been committed by specific units or nationalities?
(a) Atrocities
(b) Acts of kindness
(c) Surprising maneuvers
(d) Improbable acts

4. How did Graves describe the religious feeling among the soldiers?
(a) Slipping, but still present
(b) Surprisingly resilient
(c) Rampant
(d) Non-existent

5. What did Graves spend his time doing in Harfleur 'Bull Ring' ?
(a) Writing poems
(b) Socializing with his friends
(c) Conducting drills for new units
(d) Documenting atrocities

Short Answer Questions

1. What disgusted Graves that was a somewhat common practice among the students at Charterhouse?

2. What did Graves consider himself?

3. When did Graves begin to feel shame about his German heritage?

4. Which of the following characters was killed in Chapter 18?

5. How old were Robert's parents when he was born?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened just hours before the gas offensive which caused great confusion and horrible casualties among the British forces?

2. What information did Graves learn about Dick which he found unsettling and how did he respond to this information?

3. How did Amalie von Ranke inherit a considerable amount of money and what did she do with that fortune?

4. What happened with Graves' relationship with Dick?

5. How did Graves describe the men of the Welsh Regiment personally and as soldiers and how did this make Graves feel?

6. In what way did Graves change the opinion of his direct supervisor and how did he accomplish this task?

7. Why did Raymond encourage Graves to take up boxing?

8. Why did it bother Graves greatly when England became more and more anti-German?

9. Why does Graves prefer the Fricourt trenches to the trenches he has been in in the past?

10. How did Graves spend his time at the Harfleur 'Bull Ring'?

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