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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Catherine's awareness of the severity of the situation is apparent when she comments how life _______________ if she were not pregnant:
(a) would be simpler
(b) would be less confusing
(c) would be perfect
(d) would be less adventerous

2. During the retreat, the men stop in ________ to change the oil on the ambulances.
(a) Abruzzi
(b) Bainsizza
(c) Gorizia
(d) Milan

3. When back with the main retreat, Frederic mentions he is:
(a) a socialist
(b) an atheist
(c) a Protestant
(d) a Catholic

4. The army boots dragging Frederic down in the river is ___________ of how the army is also dragging him down.
(a) a symbol
(b) a metaphor
(c) a figure of speech
(d) an image

5. After the attack, the men are ordered to:
(a) retreat
(b) attack
(c) surrender
(d) hold their position

6. During the retreat, Frederic's group picks up. . .
(a) four townspeople.
(b) two married couples.
(c) two prisoners and two women.
(d) two soldiers and two women.

7. At the abandoned farmhouse, the group. . .
(a) discuss giving themselves up.
(b) rebandage their wounds.
(c) find food and water.
(d) sleep for three hours.

8. What positive symbol emerges again in Chapter 28?
(a) a train
(b) sunshine
(c) rain
(d) a rainbow

9. Frederic and Catherine's relationship continues to be:
(a) immature
(b) monotonous
(c) in jeopardy
(d) playful

10. Catherine's plan to help Frederic during their night journey is to:
(a) use the stars to guide them
(b) offer food
(c) open the umbrella so the wind can help
(d) dress as peasants to escape detection

11. Catherine _________ Frederic's beard.
(a) likes
(b) laments
(c) loathes
(d) ignores

12. What is one of the biggest obstacles slowing the men during the massive retreat to Udine?
(a) high morale of the troops
(b) lack of food
(c) enemy attacks
(d) volume of people

13. At the beginning of Chapter 41, Catherine refers to her labor pains as:
(a) good ones
(b) unbearable
(c) effortless
(d) tranquil

14. When the men arrive in Udine, the battle police. . .
(a) insist they rest.
(b) seek medical treatment for their wounds.
(c) arrest and question them.
(d) provide them with food and wine.

15. When Frederic emerges from the river, he. . .
(a) runs to a nearby village.
(b) cuts the stars off of his jacket.
(c) sleeps for two hours.
(d) immediately thinks of Catherine.

Short Answer Questions

1. Count Greffi provides Frederic with this advice about growing older.

2. The bartender offers his __________ to Frederic and Catherine for escape to Switzerland.

3. Once again, water symbolizes __________ for Frederic.

4. While on the train, Frederic's thoughts are:

5. This is the name of the ambulance driver Frederic relieves in Chapter 27.

(see the answer keys)

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