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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Tulacque believe that those who drive the artillery pieces to Verdun are not truly in the war?
(a) There is no activity in Verdun.
(b) They are only exposed to danger once.
(c) They are civilians.
(d) They are not armed.

2. What unusual preparation does Bertrand make for the offensive?
(a) He reads a meaningless passage from Leviticus to the men.
(b) He takes a single bullet from each man's supplies.
(c) He makes strange marks on the trench's walls with chalk.
(d) He attaches knives to certain soldier's greatcoats.

3. Why do the gentlemen of the depot take care to avoid Volpatte?
(a) He is crude and vulgar.
(b) He is an enlisted man.
(c) He is war-mucky.
(d) He is exceptionally rude to them.

4. What do the men of the squad think of Volpatte?
(a) They all look up to him.
(b) They are jealous of his charmed life.
(c) They think he is crazy.
(d) They resent his status.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bertrand say about prophecies?

2. Why do the other men try to coax Volpatte into sharing his story?

3. At the end of Chapter 14, what does the narrator dream of?

4. Chapter 7 begins with the squad waiting where as they prepare for redeployment?

5. What does Volpatte say about the four great rivers of France?

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