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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How are Volpatte and Fouillade's positions discovered?
(a) They sing loudly.
(b) The 204th stumbles across them.
(c) They use a signaling mirror.
(d) They send up a flare.

2. While watching the chickens, what dose Paradis see?
(a) The pointlessness of struggle.
(b) A bad omen.
(c) Something that reminds him of home.
(d) The joy of a brief life.

3. Cocon is described as being which of the following?
(a) A renaissance man.
(b) A stern sergeant.
(c) The squad's lance corporal.
(d) The squad's man of figures.

4. Why are the gentlemen of the depot jealous of Bourin the Parisian?
(a) He is getting married soon.
(b) He has just been promoted.
(c) He received orders to deploy for combat.
(d) He is safe in the south.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The "Moroccan Division" is admired for what?

3. The narrator compares Lamuse to what mythological figure?

4. According to the media, what is the state of the war?

5. According to the men, what is the attitude of the army towards plundering civilians?

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