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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did the ship stop on the way to Egypt?
(a) Gibraltar
(b) Greece
(c) Sicily
(d) Italy

2. What was Sassoon treated for at Craiglockhart War Hospital?
(a) Pneumonia
(b) Bullet wounds
(c) Insanity
(d) Neurasthenia

3. What degree did Graves receive when he completed his time at Oxford?
(a) Doctorate
(b) Bachelor's
(c) Masters
(d) Associates

4. How many children did Graves have?
(a) 6
(b) 5
(c) 4
(d) 3

5. How did Graves and Sassoon describe the English media's portrayal of the war?
(a) Over dramatic
(b) Realistic
(c) Accurate
(d) Absurd

6. How did Nancy Nicholson see all social problems?
(a) The fault of religion
(b) Caused by the war
(c) To be solved by men
(d) In terms of women's rights

7. In what month did Graves pass medical inspection to be able to return to battle?
(a) January
(b) March
(c) July
(d) November

8. Who visited Graves on the ship before he departed for Egypt?
(a) Lawrence
(b) Catherine
(c) Sassoon
(d) Eliot

9. Which of the following characters was the principal medical officer in service at the Craiglockhart War Hospital?
(a) Sassoon
(b) Rivers
(c) Owen
(d) Cork

10. What did Graves believe he contracted?
(a) Tuberculosis
(b) Plague
(c) Spanish influenza
(d) Pneumonia

11. In what year was Graves' second child born?
(a) 1921
(b) 1922
(c) 1925
(d) 1923

12. What did Lawrence personally refuse to do in regard to his books?
(a) Profit from his war-time experience
(b) Write about his experiences
(c) Use the money to support others
(d) Share it with any publishers

13. How did Graves describe the enrollment at Oxford in October of 1919?
(a) Complete
(b) Surprisingly busy
(c) Barren
(d) Nearly deserted

14. Where was Graves sent to a hospital to receive treatment?
(a) Rousen
(b) Liverpool
(c) England
(d) Somme

15. Which of the following literary icons did not die in rapid succession while Graves attended Oxford?
(a) Mallory
(b) Rivers
(c) Raleigh
(d) Eliot

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to deserters?

2. Why did the police change the rules about soldiers convalescing at their personal homes?

3. How did Graves describe a proposed assault that was called off?

4. How did Sassoon announce his intention to refuse further service?

5. What nickname was Siegfried Sassoon given?

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