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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What hazard do the men face even after they reach the relative safety of the heights?
(a) Barrage fire.
(b) Artillery.
(c) Machine gun fire.
(d) Snipers.

2. The men of the squad agree that support services should be performed by which of the following groups?
(a) Veterans.
(b) The old and weak.
(c) Women.
(d) Young men.

3. Why do the men agree that being unluckily killed or luckily staying alive are not the same thing?
(a) Staying alive feels better.
(b) Everyone died eventually.
(c) One is more likely than the other.
(d) Death lasts a long time.

4. In Chapter 14, the squad learns that they are headed where?
(a) To Verdun.
(b) To the front lines.
(c) To the south.
(d) To Paris for leave.

5. What do the men note about the commandant?
(a) He is harsh and capricious.
(b) He can't smoke a pipe without scorching it.
(c) He has the accent of a peasant.
(d) He hates animals.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Cocon is described as being which of the following?

3. How is Joseph Mesnil injured?

4. What does the author call the useless things that the men carry with them?

5. Why does Tulacque believe that those who drive the artillery pieces to Verdun are not truly in the war?

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