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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 did Siegfried Sassoon do?
(a) Write war plan and attack plans
(b) Write poetry
(c) Write articles
(d) Write for a newspaper

2. Where was the offensive that Graves was sent forward to help prepare for?
(a) England
(b) Fricourt
(c) Stockingholm
(d) Somme

3. Where did Graves go on leave during Chapter 15?
(a) Madrid
(b) London
(c) Paris
(d) Vermelles

4. Why were Graves' clothing and possessions considered second-rate?
(a) Graves did not care about his appearance
(b) Graves kept money for other things he wanted to do rather than to buy clothing
(c) His parents were not wealthy
(d) His parents did not provide pocket money

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is the best definition for the term billeted as Graves would use it ?

2. Which of the following classes of people ranked lowest within the social code that Graves describes?

3. Where did Graves and George Mallory become good friends?

4. Which of the following did Graves use to describe death during the summer of 1915?

5. From what country could Graves trace his maternal pedigree?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened with Graves' relationship with Dick?

2. In what way does Graves explain the concept of relative risk which evolved by the combatants in the trenches?

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

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

5. Describe who Graves' paternal grandfather was and what his importance was within society.

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

7. Describe how Graves found his experiences climbing with George Mallory.

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

9. What did Amalie von Ranke believe she could do once she met Alfred Graves?

10. What happened in August of 1915 which would be helpful to a later major offensive in the area around La Bassye?

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