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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 and Sassoon describe the English media's portrayal of the war?
(a) Accurate
(b) Absurd
(c) Over dramatic
(d) Realistic

2. Which of the following literary figures was not one of friendships Graves made while at Oxford?
(a) Lawrence
(b) Nichols
(c) Hemingway
(d) Masefield

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

4. Which of the following characters was the principal medical officer in service at the Craiglockhart War Hospital?
(a) Owen
(b) Rivers
(c) Sassoon
(d) Cork

5. What did Graves pretend he was in the tiny cottage during his recovery?
(a) Reporter
(b) Dentist
(c) Poet
(d) Doctor

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Graves' first son born?

2. How did Graves describe a proposed assault that was called off?

3. Where was Graves stationed after his first child was born?

4. How did Graves feel about eighteenth century poetry?

5. How did Sassoon announce his intention to refuse further service?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Graves feel about what his commanding officer did regarding his demobilization request and what steps did he take to ensure the demobilization?

2. Describe the university and classes Graves held as he began his new post as a professor in Egypt.

3. What events led to Sassoon's denouncing the war and announcing his intention to refuse further service?

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

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

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

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

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

9. Describe in detail Graves' life after WWII.

10. In what ways were Graves and T.E. Lawrence alike while they were together at Oxford?

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