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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 10-12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Cpl. Marchal and the narrator meet, they discuss which of the following happening to their mutual friends?
(a) Promotion.
(b) Death by bombardment.
(c) Honorable discharge.
(d) Death by nerve gas.

2. 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) One is more likely than the other.
(c) Everyone died eventually.
(d) Staying alive feels better.

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. Where do the men of Cpl. Bertrand's squad hope to be sent for rest?
(a) Italy.
(b) Morocco.
(c) Spain.
(d) Paris.

5. Cpl. Bertrand is described as being which of the following?
(a) Courageous.
(b) Argumentative.
(c) Insane.
(d) Aloof.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does the newspaper claim about the state of affairs for the poilu?

4. In general, what opinion do the soldiers have of the local women?

5. Why does Tulacque believe that those who drive the artillery pieces to Verdun are not truly in the war?

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