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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 are the men given a shot for in the ambulance wagon?
(a) Meningitis.
(b) Tuberculosis.
(c) Tetanus.
(d) Influenza.

2. What did the man that Baumer kills do for a living?
(a) Printer.
(b) Teacher.
(c) Postman.
(d) Farmer.

3. What has Baumer's mother been all her life?
(a) Curious.
(b) Sickly.
(c) Lazy.
(d) Vindictive.

4. Where was Paul sitting all day?
(a) In the dug-out.
(b) In a garden.
(c) On a cart.
(d) In the trenches.

5. What are the men's thoughts like?
(a) Clay, because they can be shaped by events.
(b) Bricks, because they are heavy.
(c) Fire, because they burn through the night.
(d) Gunfire, because that is what shapes them.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is known about Paul's death?

2. How do the men make a grater?

3. What happens to Paul when he is in the shell-holes?

4. Why was Paul glad when he died?

5. What type of expression was on Paul's face when he died?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Baumer say about being happy during the war? What about the memory of the previous days?

2. What comes over Paul as he lies in the shell-hole? What reassures him?

3. How is Company Commander Bertink killed?

4. How does Baumer skin his elbows?

5. What do the men think about the causes and justifications behind the war?

6. What do you think of the ending of All Quiet on the Western Front, and how does it make readers feel? Is it an appropriate ending?

7. What happens when an enemy soldier falls into Baumer's shell-hole?

8. What do the men think about being assigned to guard the supply dump?

9. What type of situation does Baumer's family face over his mother's illness?

10. What does Kropp decide to do if his leg is amputated? Why do the doctors amputate so quickly?

(see the answer keys)

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