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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 does a double ration of sausage and bread put a man in?
(a) A happy place.
(b) A fine trim.
(c) A decent state.
(d) A hospital bed.

2. What distinguishes Kropp from the other characters?
(a) He is the bravest.
(b) He is the most cowardly.
(c) He is the tallest.
(d) He is the clearest thinker.

3. What is Kropp's first name?
(a) Albert.
(b) Hans.
(c) Frederick.
(d) Paul.

4. Who or what do the soldiers have to thank for their good fortune?
(a) A miscalculation.
(b) The Prussian.
(c) The weather.
(d) The turning tide of the war.

5. What is Kat so worried about?
(a) Bombardment.
(b) Raids.
(c) Air-strikes.
(d) Infantry.

Short Answer Questions

1. What card game are the men playing?

2. What do the men try to find for two days?

3. When do the men return to the lorries?

4. What does Himmelstoss threaten to do to Tjaden?

5. What do the men do with the leftover goose?

Short Essay Questions

1. When referring to Müller and Kemmerich, Baumer he states that they no longer have any sense of "artificial considerations". What do you think he means?

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

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

4. Why does Kantorek's letter make the men angry? Why do you think the men have become old?

5. Describe Corporal Himmelstoss.

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

7. Do you think that it is immoral for Müller to want Kemmerich's boots?

8. What is Kropp's opinion of what life will be like when the men return home? What does it tell the reader about the effect of war upon a man?

9. During the card game, the men occasionally drift off into silence. What are they thinking about?

10. How do the men feel about their education?

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