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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 16-19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Cocon, how many corps are present in the area of the railway depot?
(a) 104 corps.
(b) 39 corps.
(c) 12 corps.
(d) 4 corps.

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

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

4. Why does Tulacque believe that those who drive the artillery pieces to Verdun are not truly in the war?
(a) They are not armed.
(b) There is no activity in Verdun.
(c) They are only exposed to danger once.
(d) They are civilians.

5. What do the men note about the commandant?
(a) He can't smoke a pipe without scorching it.
(b) He hates animals.
(c) He has the accent of a peasant.
(d) He is harsh and capricious.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Lamuse react to seeing Eudoxie's body?

2. What does Fouillade do during the rainstorm?

3. How does the narrator feel about the trench completed in Chapter 12?

4. In their deployment after Gauchin-l'Abbé, what is unusual about all the buildings and equipment?

5. Where does the narrator meet with Cpl. Marchal?

(see the answer key)

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