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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Cocon, how many divisions comprise a corps?
(a) Ten corps.
(b) Four corps.
(c) Seven corps.
(d) Two corps.

2. What does Volpatte say about the four great rivers of France?
(a) Only they could cleanse the depots.
(b) They would be choked by the wounded men who are dying.
(c) They will all run red with blood.
(d) They cannot wash the battlefields clean.

3. Where do the men of Cpl. Bertrand's squad hope to be sent for rest?
(a) Italy.
(b) Morocco.
(c) Spain.
(d) Paris.

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

5. The characters introduced in Chapter 2 are part of what type of squad?
(a) A medical squad.
(b) A front-line squad.
(c) An engineering squad.
(d) A reserve squad.

Short Answer Questions

1. When first asked to share his story about the depot, what does Volpatte repeat?

2. What kind of a structure does the squad occupy during the violent rainstorm in Chapter 11?

3. Where is Fouillade from?

4. Who is Eudoxie?

5. What do the narrator and Poterloo do with the three Germans they come across while on their way to Sauchez?

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