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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) A miscalculation.
(c) The turning tide of the war.
(d) The weather.

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

3. When Baumer leaves the hospital, what does he suddenly think of?
(a) Women, alehouses, and golden sunsets.
(b) Ladies, blue skies, and romantic evenings.
(c) Maids, grassy fields, and grasshoppers.
(d) Girls, flowery meadows, and white clouds.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the main character's name?

2. What did Himmelstoss force Baumer and Kropp to clean the Corporals' Mess with?

3. When the men enlisted, what did many of them do for the first time before going to the barracks?

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

5. When Baumer and Kropp spilled raw sewage on Himmelstoss, what did he say it meant for them?

(see the answer key)

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