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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is it a tedious exercise to kill?
(a) Flamethrower troops.
(b) Englishmen.
(c) The bacteria that cause trench-foot.
(d) Lice.

2. When Kemmerich died, what did his eyes resemble?
(a) Yellow horn buttons.
(b) Yellow dandelions.
(c) Yellow gold coins.
(d) Yellow old ivory coasters.

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

4. Katczinsky said the war wouldn't be so bad if they could just get enough...
(a) Food.
(b) Sleep.
(c) Action.
(d) Women.

5. When do the men return to the lorries?
(a) 5 o'clock.
(b) 3 o'clock.
(c) 4 o'clock.
(d) 6 o'clock.

Short Answer Questions

1. What will the generation that grows up after Paul's do with his generation?

2. Who arrives at the front lines?

3. What class is Paul mother in in the hospital?

4. What is the last thing the men see before falling asleep?

5. What was the name of the other soldier who wet the bed?

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