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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Prior want to return to the war?
(a) To regain his memories completely.
(b) He does not want to return.
(c) To bolster his chances in future politics.
(d) To pay back the enemy.

2. What does Sassoon tell Rivers Sassoon will be doing?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Ask for a discharge.
(c) Return to the front.
(d) He'll be dead.

3. What does Sarah's mother think Prior wants with Sarah?
(a) A shoulder to cry on.
(b) Just sex.
(c) A handhold to sanity.
(d) For a wife.

4. What does Sarah ask about at work?
(a) If any of the other women know Dr. Rivers.
(b) Advice about continuing to date Prior.
(c) If any of the other women know Prior.
(d) Where Madge is.

5. What is Dr. Rivers doing in Chapter 20?
(a) Meeting with his lover.
(b) Writing a letter to his father.
(c) Writing his observations of Sassoon.
(d) Making his last rounds at Craiglockhart.

6. To what does Willard attribute what happens to him?
(a) A failure on Dr. Rivers' part.
(b) A great medical feat by Dr. Rivers.
(c) His cowardice.
(d) His distaste for the lunatics at the hospital.

7. What does Prior think about Sarah?
(a) That she is too good for him.
(b) That she is a temporary fling.
(c) That he is too good for her.
(d) That she is an attractive woman no matter what.

8. What is a first for Sarah and Prior?
(a) A fight.
(b) A misunderstanding about Prior's intentions.
(c) Privacy.
(d) Nothing.

9. Who did Siegfried's father "war"?
(a) Himself.
(b) Many a kestrel.
(c) Many enemy soldiers.
(d) A pigeon and a dove.

10. Who does Prior see and realize he really likes?
(a) Lucy.
(b) Sarah.
(c) Jewel.
(d) Madge.

11. What classes did Rivers' father used to teach?
(a) Speech therapy.
(b) Carpentry.
(c) Physics.
(d) Philosophy.

12. What does Sassoon believe about one of Owen's poems?
(a) It is ready to be published nationally.
(b) It is rather mediocre.
(c) Its rhythm is uneven.
(d) Its subject matter is dull.

13. What is the purpose of Dr. Rivers' brother having a chicken farm?
(a) As a social experiment.
(b) To please their parents.
(c) To be out in the fresh air a lot.
(d) To please his wife.

14. What does Sarah's mother think of Sarah falling in love with Prior?
(a) That Sarah is a fool.
(b) That it is an opportunity if she can get him to marry her.
(c) That Sarah is wise.
(d) That Sarah is confused.

15. What sort of problem does Rivers remember he had as a child?
(a) Dyslexia.
(b) Crossed eyes.
(c) A bad limp from polio.
(d) Stammering.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where were the "fathers" in the dedication?

2. Why does Sassoon do what he did in question 141?

3. Where do Sarah and Madge go?

4. What happens to Madge's unborn baby?

5. Where does Henry Head offer a job to Dr. Rivers?

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