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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Barque suggest that the author might have the characters in his book use "big words" instead of speaking naturally?
(a) To avoid censorship.
(b) To make them seem like better people.
(c) To gloss over the ugliness of war.
(d) To make the book more sophisticated.

2. Cpl. Marchal serves with what military units?
(a) The 5th and 6th battalions.
(b) The Republican Guard engineering brigade.
(c) The 154th rifles.
(d) The Moroccan Division.

3. What is unusual about the trench that the men hide in?
(a) It is deep.
(b) It is German.
(c) It is unfinished.
(d) It is clean.

4. What is Lamuse's opinion of aircraft?
(a) They will become deadly weapons.
(b) They are unspeakably beautiful.
(c) They are dangerous to everyone.
(d) They will never be practical.

5. Why does Cpl. Bertrand wake the narrator at 2 a.m.?
(a) For guard duty.
(b) To search for a body.
(c) To help bury bodies.
(d) To talk with him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What hazard do the men face even after they reach the relative safety of the heights?

2. What kind of meat have Blaire, Poupardin, and Pépin acquired when Chapter 18 opens?

3. What happens to some of the rats that eat the corpses on the battlefield?

4. What do the men think of all of the things that the army issues them?

5. What is the author's opinion about what the characters will say in his book?

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