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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How do the men refer to Germany?
(a) The Fatherland.
(b) The Motherland.
(c) The Disneyland.
(d) The Homeland.

3. What bed is Kemmerich in?
(a) Twenty-six.
(b) Nineteen.
(c) Twenty-one.
(d) Thirty-two.

4. Who is Stanislaus Katczinsky?
(a) The laughing-stock of the group.
(b) The poet of the group.
(c) The follower of the group.
(d) The leader of the group.

5. When the men enlisted, what did many of them do for the first time before going to the barracks?
(a) Have sex.
(b) Smoke.
(c) Shave.
(d) Drink.

Short Answer Questions

1. What platoon did Baumer, Kropp, Müller, and Kemmerich join?

2. What is the cook's name?

3. Who is Kantorek?

4. How many deaths does the orderly think there will be on the day Kemmerich dies?

5. What did Baumer and Kemmerich used to catch in the lane of poplars by the Klosterbach?

(see the answer key)

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