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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which of the following terms did Graves use to describe England?
(a) Wonderful
(b) Otherworldly
(c) Destroyed
(d) Bizarre
2. Why did the police change the rules about soldiers convalescing at their personal homes?
(a) They armed forces were short handed
(b) Many did not return
(c) It was too costly to travel
(d) Homes were destroyed
3. Who does Graves routinely help out?
(a) Struggling writers
(b) Drug addicts
(c) Homeless ex-soldiers
(d) Tutoring students
4. Which of the following literary icons did not die in rapid succession while Graves attended Oxford?
(a) Mallory
(b) Rivers
(c) Eliot
(d) Raleigh
5. How many children did Graves have?
(a) 6
(b) 5
(c) 3
(d) 4
6. What was the last year Graves attended Oxford?
(a) 1925
(b) 1926
(c) 1930
(d) 1928
7. Socially, England became anti which nationality?
(a) German
(b) Italian
(c) Spanish
(d) French
8. Who helped Graves locate housing in Egypt?
(a) Ex -soldiers
(b) Relatives
(c) Politicians
(d) University staff
9. What was Graves plagued by as he entered school at Oxford?
(a) Neurasthenia
(b) Influenza
(c) Pneumonia
(d) Tuberculosis
10. In what year do Graves and Nicholson return to Islip?
(a) 1930
(b) 1926
(c) 1923
(d) 1929
11. How many of Graves' children joined the Armed Forces during World War II?
(a) 1
(b) 3
(c) 4
(d) 2
12. What did Graves purchase during his recovery period?
(a) Cottage
(b) Weapons
(c) Typewriter
(d) Boat ticket to America
13. Where did Graves move toward the end of Chapter 28?
(a) Cottage
(b) Village house that he rented from his mother
(c) Back to Germany with his relatives
(d) Townhouse in the city
14. Why did Graves leave Majorca, Spain?
(a) Because his children needed different care
(b) Because he was not allowed to write in Spain
(c) Because his wife died
(d) Because the Spanish Civil War started
15. How long did Graves go untreated?
(a) 24 hours
(b) 2 days
(c) 12 hours
(d) 3 days
Short Answer Questions
1. Which of the following characters opened a shop for about six months and did a brisk business in groceries and goods?
2. Who continues to live with Graves?
3. In what year was Graves' second child born?
4. When was Graves' first son born?
5. In what year was the armistice announced?
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