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In Our Time Quiz 1

  • 1. What is described as the worst part of the scene in "On the Quai at Smyrna"?
    •     women holding their dead babies
    •     the executions
    •     gunfire killing children
    •     deafening noise

  • 2. In the Chapter I vignette, where is the drunk battery going?
    •     Marseille
    •     Germany
    •     Paris
    •     The Champagne

  • 3. In "Indian Camp," why do Nick and his father travel to the Indian settlement?
    •     to heal an injury
    •     to help a woman give birth
    •     to get money
    •     to make peace

  • 4. What is Nick's father's occupation?
    •     doctor
    •     artist
    •     soldier
    •     merchant

  • 5. How does the father of the baby die?
    •     murder
    •     suicide
    •     gunshot
    •     knife wound

  • 6. At the end of Chapter I, what does Nick believe will never occur?
    •     having a child
    •     getting older
    •     returning home
    •     dying

  • 7. Where does the Chapter II vignette take place?
    •     Constantinople
    •     Adrianople
    •     Delaware
    •     France

  • 8. What kind of people evacuate in Chapter II?
    •     the elderly
    •     the wounded
    •     women and children
    •     soldiers

  • 9. What type of weather is described in Chapter II?
    •     clouds
    •     heat
    •     rain
    •     snow

  • 10. What does Dick Boulton accuse Nick's father of stealing?
    •     logs
    •     guns
    •     money
    •     his pride

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