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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 can Prior not do?
(a) Sleep.
(b) Hear.
(c) Speak.
(d) Cry.

2. Who is giving Dr. Rivers difficulty?
(a) Jones.
(b) Sacretes.
(c) Prior.
(d) Burns.

3. Where do Sassoon and Graves go for some recreation?
(a) Swimming.
(b) The pool hall.
(c) The polo field.
(d) A gentleman's club.

4. About what is Sassoon disappointed?
(a) That he is to be discharged.
(b) That he cannot get back into the war.
(c) That his Declaration is taken too seriously.
(d) That his Declaration is dismissed.

5. Who wrote the letter Dr. Rivers is reading at the beginning of Chapter 1?
(a) Owen.
(b) Burns.
(c) Sassoon.
(d) Robert Graves.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Dr. Rivers' response to Prior's request?

2. What times does Burns return to the hospital?

3. Who is delusional?

4. What happens to Sassoon instead of a court-martial?

5. Who plays golf together?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Sassoon do after his swim with Graves?

2. What does is Prior able to do at the beginning of Chapter 6 and what does he ask Rivers to do?

3. What does Dr. Brock suggest to Rivers about Sassoon?

4. Who is Wilfred Owen and how does he feel about Sassoon?

5. What happened to Prior that sent him to the hospital?

6. How does Prior look to Rivers in Chapter 8 and what is he doing that earns Rivers' disapproval?

7. What happens to Prior at the beginning of Chapter 7 and what does Prior have to say about it?

8. What does the writer say in the letter and what consequences has he suffered as the result of the letter?

9. What does Prior continue to ask Rivers for and what does he show Rivers? What is Rivers' response?

10. Why is Prior at the hospital?

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