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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 10-12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Tulacque believe that those who drive the artillery pieces to Verdun are not truly in the war?
(a) There is no activity in Verdun.
(b) They are civilians.
(c) They are only exposed to danger once.
(d) They are not armed.

2. Why were the executed veteran's accomplices sentenced to life in prison and not executed?
(a) They gave themselves up peacefully.
(b) They had wealthy families.
(c) They had no criminal record.
(d) They were volunteers, not draftees.

3. Who bargains with the civilian woman for space to sleep and eat?
(a) The narrator.
(b) Eudoxie.
(c) Fouillade.
(d) Lamuse.

4. Why does the old man who speaks to the soldiers leave angry?
(a) One of the men tries to cheat him.
(b) The men find his philosophy amusing.
(c) The men disagree with him about the war.
(d) The men make fun of his advanced age.

5. When first asked to share his story about the depot, what does Volpatte repeat?
(a) "It is not worth telling."
(b) "There are too many of them."
(c) "They are fools."
(d) "You would not believe me."

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to the media, what is the state of the war?

3. Why are the gentlemen of the depot jealous of Bourin the Parisian?

4. Why do the men agree that being unluckily killed or luckily staying alive are not the same thing?

5. What is unusual about the road that the narrator and Poterloo take to get to Souchez?

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