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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What part of 1918 is the bloodiest yet?
(a) Autumn.
(b) Winter.
(c) Spring.
(d) Summer.

2. What does Baumer do with the prisoners?
(a) Gives them each a cigarette.
(b) Defends them from the other guards.
(c) Knocks them down and kicks them.
(d) Sets them free.

3. What is the men's sole ambition?
(a) To knock the conceit out of a postman.
(b) To pull the wool over the eyes of a general.
(c) To kick the pants off a police officer.
(d) To send the dog after a salesman.

4. What punishment do the men receive for insulting Himmelstoss?
(a) Solitary confinement.
(b) House arrest.
(c) Probation.
(d) Open arrest.

5. What did everyone in the world say "yes" to?
(a) The war.
(b) Less power for the Kaiser.
(c) The payment of war reparations from Germany.
(d) More rations.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the play that Baumer was writing?

2. Who tricks the Russian prisoners into giving them their clothes and crafts?

3. What is wrong with Paul's mother?

4. What part of the war are the men particularly angry about?

5. What is it a tedious exercise to kill?

(see the answer key)

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