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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 21-22.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. About how many deaths are predicted in the first chapter?
(a) Thirty million deaths.
(b) One million deaths.
(c) Ten million deaths.
(d) Three million deaths.

2. Why was the veteran executed just prior to the events of Chapter 10?
(a) He was caught stealing from an officer.
(b) He killed a civilian.
(c) He fled from the enemy.
(d) He was trying to avoid going back to the front.

3. What does Volpatte say about the four great rivers of France?
(a) They would be choked by the wounded men who are dying.
(b) They will all run red with blood.
(c) Only they could cleanse the depots.
(d) They cannot wash the battlefields clean.

4. In Chapter 11, a general schedules a curfew for what period of time everyday?
(a) While he is sleeping.
(b) While he is at church.
(c) While he is in town.
(d) From noon to sunset.

5. How do the men respond when asked to describe life on the front?
(a) They make up heroic stories about themselves.
(b) They lie, underplaying its horrors.
(c) They embellish its hardships.
(d) They describe the situation honestly.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What kind of a structure does the squad occupy during the violent rainstorm in Chapter 11?

3. Barque is described as being which of the following?

4. Why don't the men want to get drunk the night before returning to the trenches?

5. When Chapter 12 begins, how long has the squad been digging trenches?

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