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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Graves spend his time doing in Harfleur 'Bull Ring' ?
(a) Documenting atrocities
(b) Writing poems
(c) Socializing with his friends
(d) Conducting drills for new units

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

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

4. What color were the ribbons the Royal Welch Fusiliers wore on the back of their dress tunics?
(a) Black
(b) Orange
(c) Crimson
(d) Purple

5. In what sport did Graves win a first place prize?
(a) Boxing
(b) None
(c) Cricket
(d) Football

6. Which of the following was not included in Graves' childhood pursuits?
(a) Moralistic stories
(b) Reading
(c) Theater
(d) Math

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

8. How did Graves steady his nerves when he felt nervous during the Battle of Loo?
(a) Writing
(b) Prayer
(c) Whiskey
(d) Leaving the trenches and hiding

9. Where was Graves born?
(a) Russia
(b) England
(c) China
(d) United States

10. What position did Graves hold during his final year at Charterhouse?
(a) Assistant Teacher
(b) Assistant editor
(c) Writer
(d) Instructor

11. Which of the following classes of people ranked lowest within the social code that Graves describes?
(a) Bourgeoisie
(b) Immigrant workers
(c) Women
(d) Serfs

12. Which of the following best defines the term untoward when used to describe Jack Graves' school chum?
(a) Disadvantagous
(b) Unlucky
(c) Pessimistic
(d) Inappropriate

13. In what month did Graves rejoin the 1st battalion?
(a) July
(b) April
(c) March
(d) November

14. How many men passed through the Royal Welch Fusiliers throughout the course of the war according to Graves?
(a) 10 thousand
(b) 800
(c) 100-120 thousand
(d) 15-20 thousand

15. When did Graves begin to feel shame about his German heritage?
(a) As the great war approached
(b) After he aged and reflected back on his childhood
(c) When his relatives committed crimes
(d) When he was home in England

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was the offensive that Graves was sent forward to help prepare for?

2. Which of the following characters was killed in Chapter 18?

3. Where would Graves and his men go when German artillery was close?

4. How did most of the students at Charterhouse feel about the war with Germany?

5. Where was Graves dispatched to join a unit destined for combat in France?

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