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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. How did Graves re-enter active duty after he recuperated?
(a) Drill and musketry instructor
(b) Foreign affairs consultant
(c) Recruiter
(d) Battle planner

2. What did Graves purchase during his recovery period?
(a) Boat ticket to America
(b) Weapons
(c) Cottage
(d) Typewriter

3. What illness did Graves develop after a few weeks at his new assignment?
(a) Blood infection
(b) Tuberculosis
(c) Abscessed tooth
(d) Pneumonia

4. Why did the troops treat Graves with a chilly reception?
(a) His rank
(b) His wealth
(c) German middle name
(d) The fact that he had time away from the war

5. In what year was Graves' second child born?
(a) 1923
(b) 1925
(c) 1922
(d) 1921

Short Answer Questions

1. Who visited Graves on the ship before he departed for Egypt?

2. What does Graves offer as an apology for his rapid abandonment of his teaching post in Cairo?

3. What would the students who passed the examination go on to do?

4. Which of the following terms did Graves use to describe England?

5. In late July during the barrage of artillery fire that Graves' company experienced, about how many of his men were killed instantly?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened to Graves and his family toward the end of his schooling and what steps did he take because of this?

2. What did Graves do during his recovery period from his nose surgery before he returned to the war?

3. In what way did Graves act to prevent his friend Sassoon from being court-martialed or serving a prison sentence?

4. Describe how Graves' opinions of the war differed from those he became friends with at Oxford?

5. What changed about the periods of convalescence for soldiers who were injured during a battle?

6. During this post-war time, what did Nicholson do that later Graves and Lawrence needed to help him with?

7. Describe one specific area in which Graves demonstrated a serious nervous disorder that seemed unusual.

8. Describe how Sassoon and Graves, both of whom were injured, spent their time recovering.

9. When were Graves' last children to his first wife born and what did he do during this time?

10. Describe in detail Graves' life after WWII.

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