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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7-9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Volpatte overhear the gossip of the gentlemen at the depot?
(a) At a tavern in town.
(b) In an officer's social hall.
(c) From the kitchen, where he is helping.
(d) On the radio.

2. The narrator compares Lamuse to what mythological figure?
(a) Vulcan.
(b) The cyclops.
(c) The minotaur.
(d) Odysseus.

3. Cpl. Bertrand is described as being which of the following?
(a) Insane.
(b) Argumentative.
(c) Courageous.
(d) Aloof.

4. Why is Pépère envied by the other men?
(a) He is getting married.
(b) He recently became a father.
(c) He is being sent to the rear as a typist.
(d) He was awarded a medal.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How are Volpatte and Fouillade lost?

2. Where is the squad dispatched at the end of Chapter 2?

3. What is Volpatte's condition when he is found?

4. According to Cocon, how many divisions comprise a corps?

5. Why do the men agree that being unluckily killed or luckily staying alive are not the same thing?

(see the answer key)

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