View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 102-114.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Men who become immune to the horrors of war are what, according to "Insensibility?"
(a) Animals.
(b) On their way to peace.
(c) Lucky.
(d) Already dead.

2. What can the soldiers not forget in "Mental Cases?"
(a) The soldiers they killed.
(b) The fear of being in battle.
(c) Gruesome sights from war.
(d) Their fallen comrades.

3. Why are soldiers crouched in a trench in "Cramped in that Funnelled Hole?"
(a) For protection.
(b) To ambush an enemy.
(c) To keep the sun out of their eyes.
(d) To sleep.

4. How many outcomes are there in battle, according to "The Chances?"
(a) An infinite number.
(b) Four.
(c) Five.
(d) Two.

5. Who is the young man in "The Parable of the Old Man and the Young?"
(a) Isaac.
(b) Owen.
(c) Abraham.
(d) An unnamed soldier.

Short Answer Questions

1. What would be a glorious way to die, according to "Storm?"

2. What does the speaker in "The Calls" use sounds to mark?

3. Who rises above the battlefield with the speaker in "The Show?"

4. When does the speaker want to be honored in "To My Friend: (With an Identity Disk)?"

5. Whom is the speaker writing to in "The Letter?"

(see the answer key)

This section contains 231 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample