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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 feel about eighteenth century poetry?
(a) Unsympathetic
(b) Moved
(c) Excited
(d) Disgusted

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

3. What happened to deserters?
(a) Executed
(b) Life in prison
(c) Sent to the front lines
(d) Rarely found

4. Which of the following parts was not injured on Graves?
(a) Chest
(b) Thigh
(c) Face
(d) Ankle

5. How did Graves describe a proposed assault that was called off?
(a) A mistake
(b) Good planning
(c) Suicide
(d) Well laid out

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Graves find the politics of school life?

2. What disease do Graves' children contract for which they receive only indifferent medical attention?

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

4. While in Cairo, what did Graves act as?

5. Which of the following characters was the principal medical officer in service at the Craiglockhart War Hospital?

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

3. How did England change socially during 1919 while Graves was in Oxford?

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

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

6. Describe what Graves did during his latter years while at Oxford?

7. What did Graves start doing during the time he lived with Nicholson in the town of Islip?

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

9. Describe how Graves passed the time before he underwent the operation on his nose while he was back home in England?

10. What did Graves become familiar with as he was stationed at headquarters company?

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