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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 10-12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Cocon, how many divisions comprise a corps?
(a) Ten corps.
(b) Seven corps.
(c) Four corps.
(d) Two corps.

2. When Cpl. Marchal and the narrator meet, they discuss which of the following happening to their mutual friends?
(a) Honorable discharge.
(b) Death by nerve gas.
(c) Promotion.
(d) Death by bombardment.

3. Who are the anonymous individuals who make speculations in the first chapter?
(a) The ghosts of dead soldiers.
(b) Generals.
(c) Inmates in a prison.
(d) Invalids in a sanatorium.

4. While watching the chickens, what dose Paradis see?
(a) The pointlessness of struggle.
(b) The joy of a brief life.
(c) Something that reminds him of home.
(d) A bad omen.

5. The characters introduced in Chapter 2 are part of what type of squad?
(a) An engineering squad.
(b) A medical squad.
(c) A reserve squad.
(d) A front-line squad.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Lamuse's opinion of aircraft?

2. Who is sent with the narrator to find the missing Volpatte and Fouillade?

3. Why do the gentlemen of the depot take care to avoid Volpatte?

4. What does Mariette give to Eudore before he leaves?

5. What does the newspaper claim about the state of affairs for the poilu?

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