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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What did Graves' mother force him to do while he was in England?

4. How long did Graves go untreated?

5. How did Graves feel about the war rationing of food?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was different between the original text and the 1957 revision?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Could this novel be used as a text in a history class? Would it be beneficial? Is it biased? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Why do you believe Graves revised this publication in 1957? Do you believe this was a good idea? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

How would you describe the events in this novel? Why do you feel that way? In what way has reading the personal accounts within this novel changed your personal views or beliefs?

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