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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. Who did Vera visit in hospitals in Chapter 9?

2. Where was Queen Alexandra's Hospital located?

3. What did Vera find her students were interested in?

4. In Chapter 11, what is said to have been spreading through Europe?

5. Who did Vera spend a lot of her time with after the Armistice?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Vera find out when she reapplied for foreign service in Chapter 9?

2. How did Vera and Winifred's odd work schedules cause them problems in Chapter 11?

3. What did students who had been involved with the war find hard to adjust to at Oxford?

4. What did Oxford allow for the first time after the war, and what did Vera think of this?

5. How did Vera travel back to England for a visit in Chapter 7?

6. What did Vera hope to find on her European trip?

7. What news did Vera receive from Etaples in Chapter 9?

8. How did Vera travel to Malta? What worried Vera during her journey to Malta?

9. After returning from Europe, what was Vera's main source of income? What were Vera's career ambitions?

10. What became of Vera's friends Victor and Geoffrey in Chapter 7?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the setting of the book. Why is the setting of "Testament of Youth" an important element of the book? Why was this time and place so influential on Brittain's life?

Essay Topic 2

Outline the career of the author of the autobiography Testament of Youth. What other works did Brittain do? What organizations did Brittain become involved with that influenced her work?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze and interpret the conclusion of the autobiography Testament of Youth. How did Brittain choose to end the book? Why might she have decided to end the book at this point? Does the book tie up all loose ends? Are there any surprises at the end? Are there any unanswered questions?

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