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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Barque is described as being which of the following?
(a) A leader.
(b) A rebel.
(c) A sage.
(d) A trickster.

2. Where is the squad dispatched at the end of Chapter 2?
(a) To the Ardennes.
(b) To the reserves area.
(c) To the front.
(d) To Egypt.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Cpl. Bertrand is described as being which of the following?

2. When the narrator and the other encounter Eudoxie, what is Lamuse doing?

3. How are Volpatte and Fouillade's positions discovered?

4. What do the men concede with regards to the "shirkers"?

5. About how many deaths are predicted in the first chapter?

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