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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. Where did the doctor advise Nancy that she should live for health reasons?
(a) Russia
(b) Italy
(c) America
(d) Egypt

2. What was the last year Graves attended Oxford?
(a) 1926
(b) 1928
(c) 1930
(d) 1925

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

4. How did Graves and Sassoon communicate?
(a) They did not
(b) Through military channels
(c) Visits
(d) Letters

5. In what country did Graves live during World War II?
(a) England
(b) United States
(c) Spain
(d) Egypt

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Graves re-enter active duty after he recuperated?

2. What was the sentiment at Oxford in regard to the war?

3. Why did the police change the rules about soldiers convalescing at their personal homes?

4. What does the term execrable mean as it is used in the following sentence? Graves found the standard of academia execrable

5. When were Graves and Nicholson married?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe how Graves felt about Oxford when he enrolled in October of 1919.

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

3. After Graves was injured, what steps were taken by the military and himself?

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

5. What did Graves do after he resigned his teaching position?

6. What happened as Graves tried to resign his commission and demobilize as a student to Oxford?

7. Describe the three essays Graves uses as an apology for his rapid abandonment of his teaching post in Cairo.

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

9. What happened in late July to Graves' company and to him during an artillery formation?

10. Upon return to the 3rd Battalion in England, what did Graves and Sassoon do for the military and to pass the time?

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