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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. After the Great War, what did Graves insist he was as far as his heritage was concerned?
(a) English
(b) French
(c) Irish
(d) Spanish

2. How many men passed through the Royal Welch Fusiliers throughout the course of the war according to Graves?
(a) 100-120 thousand
(b) 800
(c) 10 thousand
(d) 15-20 thousand

3. Which of the following people did Graves meet during his final year in school who was also a famous mountaineer?
(a) Dick Snowdon
(b) George Mallory
(c) Raymond Rodakowski
(d) Nevill Barbour

4. Which of the following is the best definition for the term billeted as Graves would use it ?
(a) Unfinished battle
(b) Piece of wood used in battle
(c) Accommodations for service people
(d) Moved from the front of the fighting to the rear

5. What disgusted Graves that was a somewhat common practice among the students at Charterhouse?
(a) Hatred of all things German
(b) Homosexuality
(c) Hazing
(d) Bullying

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following best describes Graves' experience at Charterhouse?

2. What did Amalie von Ranke want to perform while traveling?

3. During which months does Chapter 13 generally take place?

4. Where did Graves spend at least five of his summers while he was a child?

5. Where did Graves say the chaplains could be found?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happened with Graves' relationship with Dick?

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

4. How does Graves recall the time he spent in Germany with his relatives during the summers of his childhood?

5. What happened in relation to the Officers Training Corps with Graves?

6. In what way did Graves describe the constant flow of troops in his regiment and how did the constant change affect morale?

7. What happened to the English soldiers during the summer of 1915 as described by Graves?

8. What would the English soldiers do before a mass attack which some could find grisly, but the soldiers felt necessary to help the survivors?

9. Why does Graves think that the 'trench feet' was a result of low morale?

10. What was Graves' opinion related to Mallory and the climb up Mount Everest?

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