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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is unusual about the road that the narrator and Poterloo take to get to Souchez?
(a) It has been destroyed by artillery fire.
(b) It is slick with blood.
(c) It is lined with corpses.
(d) It is burning in places.

2. According to Cocon, how many divisions comprise a corps?
(a) Ten corps.
(b) Four corps.
(c) Seven corps.
(d) Two corps.

3. What does Mariette give to Eudore before he leaves?
(a) A stack of letters for him.
(b) A box of cigars.
(c) A picture of her.
(d) Ham, bread, and wine.

4. In general, what opinion do the soldiers have of the local women?
(a) They cook poorly.
(b) They are ugly.
(c) They are friendly.
(d) They are prudish.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are the gentlemen of the depot jealous of Bourin the Parisian?

2. What does Fouillade do during the rainstorm?

3. Lamuse is described with what seemingly contradictory label?

4. Why was the veteran executed just prior to the events of Chapter 10?

5. When Chapter 2 opens, how long has the war been going on?

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