In Our Time Quizzes

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