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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which luxury in Gauchin-l'Abbé do the men seem to enjoy most?
(a) Eating good food.
(b) The opportunity to bathe and shave.
(c) Eating at a table.
(d) Sleeping under a roof.

2. Chapter 7 begins with the squad waiting where as they prepare for redeployment?
(a) A large camp.
(b) A motor pool.
(c) An aid station.
(d) A railway platform.

3. Who is Eudoxie?
(a) An actress.
(b) An officer's wife.
(c) A refugee.
(d) A nurse.

4. In Chapter 11, a general schedules a curfew for what period of time everyday?
(a) While he is at church.
(b) While he is sleeping.
(c) While he is in town.
(d) From noon to sunset.

5. Barque is described as being which of the following?
(a) A sage.
(b) A rebel.
(c) A leader.
(d) A trickster.

6. Why do the gentlemen of the depot take care to avoid Volpatte?
(a) He is crude and vulgar.
(b) He is war-mucky.
(c) He is exceptionally rude to them.
(d) He is an enlisted man.

7. 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 lined with corpses.
(c) It is slick with blood.
(d) It is burning in places.

8. Was does Poterloo discover about his wife?
(a) She is dead.
(b) She is fraternizing with a German officer.
(c) She is dangerously ill.
(d) She is pregnant again.

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

10. When Chapter 2 opens, how long has the war been going on?
(a) 15 months.
(b) 22 days.
(c) Three years.
(d) One year.

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

12. What is Tirloir's nickname?
(a) Lock and stock.
(b) The grumbler.
(c) Brass tacks.
(d) Old boots.

13. 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) They are only exposed to danger once.
(c) They are civilians.
(d) There is no activity in Verdun.

14. Why was the veteran executed just prior to the events of Chapter 10?
(a) He was caught stealing from an officer.
(b) He was trying to avoid going back to the front.
(c) He fled from the enemy.
(d) He killed a civilian.

15. The narrator compares Lamuse to what mythological figure?
(a) The cyclops.
(b) The minotaur.
(c) Vulcan.
(d) Odysseus.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mariette give to Eudore before he leaves?

2. Which of the following was considered an aggravating circumstance in the veteran's case?

3. What is Biquet's response to his mother's concern for him as expressed in her letter?

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

5. Lamuse is described with what seemingly contradictory label?

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