Lesson 4.2.1.11

4.2.1.11 Goodbye to All That by Robert Graves Quiz: AQA English Literature A, Unit 2

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The 20 questions

  1. In what year was Goodbye to All That first published?

    • 1918
    • 1945
    • 1914
    • 1929

  2. Which regiment did Robert Graves serve in during the First World War?

    • Royal Welch Fusiliers
    • Coldstream Guards
    • Black Watch
    • Royal Artillery

  3. At which major battle was Graves severely wounded in 1916?

    • Jutland
    • Passchendaele
    • Gallipoli
    • The Somme

  4. Which island did Graves move to in 1929, shortly after publishing his memoir?

    • Majorca
    • Crete
    • Malta
    • Sicily

  5. What is the genre of Goodbye to All That?

    • Epic poetry that tells the deeds of heroes in a long and formal narrative
    • Gothic novel full of ghosts, ruined castles and mysterious, sinister events
    • Verse drama written for performance by a company of players in a theatre
    • Autobiographical memoir

  6. Which idea does the title Goodbye to All That most directly suggest?

    • A warning about rural farming
    • A promise to return to the front
    • A cheerful welcome to a new military career
    • A farewell to pre-war certainties and the old world

  7. Graves's memoir is often critical of which group?

    • Front-line riflemen who fought in the mud of the trenches for months at a time
    • Senior staff officers far from the front line
    • Local Welsh miners who worked in the pits and sent money home to their families
    • Civilian nurses at hospitals who treated the wounded soldiers returning from France

  8. Which phenomenon, later called shell shock, is a theme of many WW1 memoirs?

    • Frostbite in winter trenches
    • Seasickness on troop ships
    • Psychological trauma from combat
    • Scurvy from poor rations

  9. Which WW1 memoir-writing trait is most important when assessing Graves as a source?

    • Retrospective memory shaped by later bitterness and purpose
    • Strict neutrality as an official army record kept by the staff during the campaign
    • Complete lack of personal feeling, presented as a detached and clinical report
    • Use of verse rather than prose, which gives the account a more formal structure

  10. Which WW1 literary movement is Graves often associated with alongside his war poetry?

    • Romantic revivalists of 1800
    • War poets
    • Imagists in London cafes only
    • Restoration comedy

  11. Which Graves-era poet, a friend of Graves, is associated with anti-war protest?

    • Thomas Hardy
    • Siegfried Sassoon
    • John Masefield
    • Rupert Brooke

  12. Why does the phrase "to all that" in the title matter?

    • It refers to a military rank that the author held during the final year of war
    • It names a dance from the 1920s that was popular among young officers in London
    • It signals a deliberate break from the world that produced the war
    • It points to a distant sea voyage made by the author on a journey to the south

  13. Which kind of evidence does a memoir offer historians?

    • Neutral government reports prepared after each campaign by senior officials
    • Complete and unbiased statistics gathered from every unit on the Western Front
    • Exact official casualty tables compiled by the War Office from regimental returns
    • Personal perspective, useful but subjective

  14. Which wartime event happened in the same year Graves was seriously wounded?

    • The Battle of Britain
    • The Cuban Missile Crisis
    • The Russian Revolution
    • The Battle of the Somme

  15. A reader examines Graves's shift from war experience to a settled life abroad. Which idea best fits?

    • A decision to enter the priesthood and devote his life to religious service at home
    • A rejection of the nationalist and military world that had consumed him
    • A plan to return immediately to the front line to rejoin his old battalion in France
    • A wish to serve as a government minister in the new administration in London

  16. Which statement best evaluates the memoir's value for AS and A-level study?

    • It combines personal testimony with a critique of wartime leadership
    • It offers only dates and maps of battles, with no personal reflection on events
    • It is a collection of love poems that contains no reference to the war at all
    • It is a comedy with no historical content, written purely to amuse its readers

  17. What does "shell shock" most accurately describe?

    • A chemical injury from gas attacks that damaged the lungs of soldiers at the front
    • A form of naval seasickness suffered by sailors during long voyages across the sea
    • A physical wound from artillery fragments that tore through the flesh and bone
    • A psychological condition caused by prolonged bombardment

  18. Which writing choice in memoir most often signals personal bitterness?

    • Passive voice throughout, which keeps the author's own role largely hidden from view
    • Sharp, ironic description of authority figures
    • Use of verse forms that give the account a more lyrical and formal shape overall
    • Long lists of military ranks that set out the chain of command in great detail

  19. Which school did Robert Graves attend before the war?

    • Rugby School, the Warwickshire public school that gave its name to a popular sport
    • Charterhouse
    • Harrow School, the public school in north London with a famous long tradition
    • Eton College, the public school in Berkshire attended by many of the wartime elite

  20. Which nation's regiment is the Royal Welch Fusiliers?

    • Ireland
    • Scotland
    • England
    • Wales

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