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

2. How old was Graves in 1916?
(a) 16
(b) 18
(c) 21
(d) 25

3. In what year do Graves and Nicholson return to Islip?
(a) 1926
(b) 1923
(c) 1930
(d) 1929

4. Who helped Graves locate housing in Egypt?
(a) University staff
(b) Politicians
(c) Relatives
(d) Ex -soldiers

5. How did Graves feel about eighteenth century poetry?
(a) Disgusted
(b) Moved
(c) Excited
(d) Unsympathetic

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Graves consider the war?

2. Where did the ship stop on the way to Egypt?

3. In what year was Graves' second child born?

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

5. Sassoon's political views could best be described as?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What did Graves do in Ireland that he found distasteful though he performed it as it was his duty?

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

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