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Quiz about Goodbye to All That by Robert Graves

'Goodbye to All That' by Robert Graves Quiz

Robert Graves' famous autobiography that details his childhood and early adulthood, particularly his experiences as an army officer during the First World War.

A multiple-choice quiz by Plumbus. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
Plumbus

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
211,295

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
170

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. What was Robert Graves' earliest memory? Hint

Queen Victoria's state funeral

Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee

King Edward VII's coronation

Soldiers marching off to the Boer War

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Question 2 of 10

2. Which famous English public school did Graves attend? Hint

Charterhouse

Harrow

Eton

Winchester

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Question 3 of 10

3. Robert Graves was half-German.

True

False

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Question 4 of 10

4. Where did Graves go climbing with George Mallory, the famous British mountaineer, during the school holidays? Hint

The Peak District

The Lake District

Snowdonia

The Cairngorms

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Question 5 of 10

5. With which famous British army regiment did Graves serve during The First World War? Hint

The Royal Welch Fusiliers

The King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

The Grenadier Guards

The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards

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Question 6 of 10

6. Graves was a close friend of which famous war poet? Hint

R.H.Thomas

Rupert Brooke

Siegfried Sassoon

Edward Blunden

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Question 7 of 10

7. During the war, Graves' mother received a letter wrongly informing her of her son's death.

True

False

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Question 8 of 10

8. What did Graves do in the immediate years after the war? Hint

He became a literary editor for a magazine

He lived as a recluse on a remote farm

He became a full-time writer

He studied at Oxford University

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Question 9 of 10

9. Which famous war hero did Graves befriend after the war?

Answer: (Last name only (think of Arabia))

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Question 10 of 10

10. During a cycling holiday, Graves and his wife spent some time with which famous English writer at his home? Hint

D.H.Lawrence

Walter de la Mare

H.G.Wells

Thomas Hardy

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What was Robert Graves' earliest memory?

Answer: Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee

Graves records his first memory as being "loyally held up at a window to watch a procession" for Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee in 1897. He had been born on July 24th, 1895, in Wimbledon, England.

2. Which famous English public school did Graves attend?

Answer: Charterhouse

Graves did not enjoy his time at Charterhouse. He "suffered an oppression of the spirit" throughout his time there, and he was singled out by the other boys because of his scholarly nature.

3. Robert Graves was half-German.

Answer: True

His full family name was Robert von Ranke Graves; his mother was German and his father Irish. He visited his mother's family near Munich several times during his childhood. His German ancestry was another reason why he was bullied at Charterhouse, since it was a time when anti-German feelings were running high during the tense years preceding The First World War.

4. Where did Graves go climbing with George Mallory, the famous British mountaineer, during the school holidays?

Answer: Snowdonia

Mallory, who would later die assaulting the summit of Mount Everest, was a young schoolmaster at Charterhouse while Graves was there. Graves respected him because he treated him like an equal and he would often spend time with him, discussing contemporary literature.

5. With which famous British army regiment did Graves serve during The First World War?

Answer: The Royal Welch Fusiliers

Graves enlisted within a couple of days of war being declared. He was proud of his regiment, which he chose to join quite randomly. Apart from its long history that included twenty-four battle honours by 1914, it was to the Royal Welch Fusiliers that the original 'Tommy Atkins' had belonged. For logistical reasons, his initial posting in the spring of 1915 was actually to the Welsh Regiment; he was unable to join the Royal Welch Fusiliers until the end of July.

6. Graves was a close friend of which famous war poet?

Answer: Siegfried Sassoon

Sassoon and Graves were in the same regiment. Sassoon was a popular officer who was awarded the Military Cross. The friendship between Graves and Sassoon also features strongly in Pat Barker's historical novel, 'Regeneration'.

7. During the war, Graves' mother received a letter wrongly informing her of her son's death.

Answer: True

Graves was badly wounded by an exploding artillery shell during the Battle of The Somme. His injuries were such that his commanding officer entered Graves as 'died of wounds' on the Battalion's casualty list and wrote a letter of condolence to his mother.

8. What did Graves do in the immediate years after the war?

Answer: He studied at Oxford University

Graves went up to St John's College, Oxford in October, 1919. He was sponsored by a government education grant for veterans. Since he was recently married, he and Nancy, his wife, lived out of college in a rented cottage about five miles out of town.

9. Which famous war hero did Graves befriend after the war?

Answer: Lawrence

Graves met T.E.Lawrence in the spring of 1920, while Lawrence was at All Souls' College, Oxford. He had just received a seven years' Fellowship of All Souls, a prestigious honour in recognition of his wartime exploits. Graves spent several evenings in Lawrence's company over the following weeks.

10. During a cycling holiday, Graves and his wife spent some time with which famous English writer at his home?

Answer: Thomas Hardy

Hardy told Robert and Nancy that he could "write novels by a timetable, but that poetry always came to him by accident, which perhaps was why he prized it more highly".

Source: Author Plumbus

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