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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 does Broadbent believe?
(a) That he is a British captain.
(b) That Dr. Rivers can cure him.
(c) That Dr. Rivers wants to send him back to die.
(d) That the Germans have invaded England.

2. Who comes to visit at the hospital?
(a) Sassoon's father.
(b) Dr. River's parents.
(c) Burns's mother.
(d) Prior's parents.

3. What has been keeping the entire floor at the hospital awake at night?
(a) Inexplicable cawing noises.
(b) Ghosts of soldiers screaming.
(c) Anderson's nightmares.
(d) The soldiers drilling on the commons.

4. What does Rivers think about as he prepares to sleep the night of Prior's hypnotism?
(a) His sister who is killed driving an ambulance.
(b) Prior's confession.
(c) Rivers needs a vacation.
(d) His brother who is killed the year before.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Rivers reassign Broadbent?

2. Where do Sassoon and Graves go for some recreation?

3. Why hasn't Lizzie missed her husband?

4. What happens to Burns at the mess hall?

5. What was Anderson's former occupation?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Sassoon notice in the taxi and why does he touch his chest?

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

3. What does Sassoon describe to Dr. Rivers about what happened when he first returned from France and what does he say about it now?

4. What happens to Burns in Chapter 2 and what is Rivers' response?

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

6. What does Sassoon tell Dr. Rivers about his medical board and what did the board determine about Sassoon?

7. What is causing Dr. Rivers pain in his head while he is sleeping?

8. Who is Anderson and why is he at the hospital?

9. What do Sassoon and Graves talk about when they go swimming in Chapter 4 and what does Sassoon say he remembers about the subject?

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

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