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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 23-24.

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 burning in places.
(d) It is lined with corpses.

2. Cocon is described as being which of the following?
(a) The squad's lance corporal.
(b) A stern sergeant.
(c) The squad's man of figures.
(d) A renaissance man.

3. According to Volpatte, how many shirkers are there in the depots?
(a) Hundreds of thousands.
(b) More than there are men on the front.
(c) Thousands.
(d) Millions.

4. In Chapter 3, how long do the soldiers have before they get sent back to the front?
(a) One day.
(b) Six weeks.
(c) Five days.
(d) Three months.

5. What do the men concede with regards to the "shirkers"?
(a) It is a smart thing to do.
(b) They are necessary.
(c) Shirking is human nature.
(d) They are unavoidable.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are the anonymous individuals who make speculations in the first chapter?

2. What do the four Germans want from Paradis and the narrator?

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

4. According to Cocon, how many villages has the squad quartered in?

5. What biblical location does the narrator allude to as he carries Joseph to safety?

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