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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is the best definition for the term desultory as used to describe German shelling?
(a) Methodical
(b) Tiresome
(c) Random
(d) Specific

2. How many children did Amalie give birth to with Alfred?
(a) 10
(b) 6
(c) 5
(d) 8

3. Where did Graves and George Mallory become good friends?
(a) Charterhouse
(b) Oxford
(c) Germany
(d) Parent's home

4. From what disease did Robert suffer at the young age of approximately four-and-one-half?
(a) Polio
(b) Encephalitis
(c) Tuberculosis
(d) Scarlet fever

5. What did many of the English soldiers do routinely before a mass attack?
(a) Drink heavily
(b) Go into town to have a party
(c) Pool their cash into a sweepstakes
(d) Read and prayer together as a group

Short Answer Questions

1. Which terms best describe the type of men which made up the Welsh Regiment?

2. Which of the following places was Graves not billeted?

3. From what did Graves resign during his final year at school?

4. To what sport did Mallory introduce Graves?

5. Which of the following did Graves use to describe death during the summer of 1915?

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