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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Sassoon announce his intention to refuse further service?
(a) Letter
(b) Speech
(c) Desertion
(d) Face-to-face

2. What group recruited Sassoon into its cause?
(a) Pro-war patriots
(b) Anti-war pacifists
(c) German sympathizers
(d) Literary writers

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

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

5. Which of the following literary figures was not one of friendships Graves made while at Oxford?
(a) Masefield
(b) Hemingway
(c) Lawrence
(d) Nichols

6. At what university did Graves secure a position?
(a) Harvard
(b) Oxford
(c) University of London
(d) Royal Egyptian University of Cairo

7. In what country did Graves live during World War II?
(a) Egypt
(b) United States
(c) Spain
(d) England

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

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

10. Sassoon's political views could best be described as?
(a) Liberal
(b) Conservative
(c) Erratic
(d) Unnamed

11. In what year did the Spanish Civil War begin?
(a) 1940
(b) 1936
(c) 1932
(d) 1930

12. What was Graves plagued by as he entered school at Oxford?
(a) Influenza
(b) Tuberculosis
(c) Pneumonia
(d) Neurasthenia

13. Where was Graves stationed after his first child was born?
(a) London
(b) Limerick
(c) Somme
(d) Oswestry

14. In what year was the epilogue added to this novel?
(a) 1948
(b) 1960
(c) 1957
(d) 1950

15. Who helped Graves locate housing in Egypt?
(a) Politicians
(b) Relatives
(c) University staff
(d) Ex -soldiers

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Graves re-enter active duty after he recuperated?

2. What did Graves find displayed everywhere in England?

3. What was the name of Graves' first child?

4. What did Graves become obsessed with happening?

5. How did Graves feel about the war rationing of food?

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