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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is there a lot more of now in the trenches?
(a) Lice.
(b) Water.
(c) Rats.
(d) High spirits.

2. Who is fatally wounded in the back?
(a) Kropp.
(b) Haie.
(c) Katczinsky.
(d) Baumer.

3. Who is Haie Westhus?
(a) A construction worker.
(b) A gardener.
(c) A peat-digger.
(d) A field-worker.

4. What does an old buffer describe the men as?
(a) Too young to know better.
(b) Young trouble-makers.
(c) Young heroes.
(d) Young idiots.

5. What does Baumer fall in when counter-attacking the French?
(a) A dug-out.
(b) Love with a French girl.
(c) Someone's belly.
(d) A trench.

Short Answer Questions

1. What personal problem does Tjaden have?

2. What does Müller carry?

3. Why was the fair-haired recruit so embarrassed?

4. How does Baumer feel towards Kat?

5. Who is bothered the most by the sound of the wounded horses?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Haie Westhus feel about the difference between military and civilian life?

2. How did the men break Himmelstoss' power over them?

3. Why would a soldier be happy to receive a broken arm?

4. What did Kantorek do to the men?

5. Describe the bond that exists between Baumer and Kropp.

6. How do the men get their revenge on Himmelstoss?

7. When Baumer emerges from the hospital following Kemmerich's death, his head is suddenly filled with images of girls, meadows, clouds, and he seems to feel energized. Why do you think he feels this way?

8. What does Kropp think war should be like?

9. How do the men react when they are finally attacked?

10. Why does Tjaden have a special grudge against Himmelstoss?

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