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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Pépin states that engages should not boast of having served unless they do which of the following?
(a) Charge into an enemy trench.
(b) Face machine gun fire.
(c) Experience poison gas.
(d) Encounter a tank.

2. Who is Eudoxie?
(a) A refugee.
(b) An actress.
(c) A nurse.
(d) An officer's wife.

3. How do Volpatte and Fouillade capture the two German soldiers?
(a) The Germans came across the lines to surrender.
(b) The soldiers accidentally fall into their shell hole.
(c) They surprise the soldiers at night.
(d) They tell the Germans they are scouts for an entire battalion.

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

5. What is Biquet's response to his mother's concern for him as expressed in her letter?
(a) He is worried.
(b) He is totally unphased.
(c) He immediately writes back to console her.
(d) He is amused.

Short Answer Questions

1. The characters introduced in Chapter 2 are part of what type of squad?

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

3. What does Lamuse believe about Eudoxie?

4. When first asked to share his story about the depot, what does Volpatte repeat?

5. Where do the events of the first chapter take place?

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