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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following was considered an aggravating circumstance in the veteran's case?
(a) He was once arrested for drunkenness as a civilian.
(b) He was a decorated war hero.
(c) He once assaulted a police officer.
(d) He served in the foreign legion.

2. 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 an enlisted man.
(d) He is exceptionally rude to them.

3. What happens to some of the rats that eat the corpses on the battlefield?
(a) They are caught and eaten by hungry soldiers.
(b) They die of poisoning.
(c) They fight over corpses and kill each other.
(d) They are shot by the soldiers.

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

5. What is unusual about the road that the narrator and Poterloo take to get to Souchez?
(a) It is slick with blood.
(b) It is burning in places.
(c) It is lined with corpses.
(d) It has been destroyed by artillery fire.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of Chapter 14, what does the narrator dream of?

2. Why does Joseph Mesnil go into "no man's land"?

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

4. What do the men concede with regards to the "shirkers"?

5. While watching the chickens, what dose Paradis see?

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