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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is missing from the naked soldier sitting in the tree, other than his clothes?
(a) His arms.
(b) His legs.
(c) His helmet.
(d) His head.

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

3. What part of the war are the men particularly angry about?
(a) The worn-out barrels of their artillery.
(b) Their treatment by military doctors.
(c) The lack of proper sanitation.
(d) The ineffectiveness of the new recruits.

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

5. What are all the soldiers hoping for?
(a) An armistice.
(b) A breakthrough in the enemy lines.
(c) New tanks.
(d) Resupply.

6. Distinctions between the men, such as level of education, can be an advantage, but what else do they bring?
(a) A full dinner.
(b) Welcome remarks and comments.
(c) Prejudices that have to be overcome.
(d) Promotions within the army.

7. What musical instrument does one of the Russian prisoners play?
(a) The cello.
(b) The piano.
(c) The guitar.
(d) The violin.

8. Who is coming to inspect the men?
(a) Kantorek.
(b) The Prussian.
(c) The Kaiser.
(d) The Commandante.

9. What does Kropp have at home?
(a) An expensive tie.
(b) White trousers.
(c) Dress shoes.
(d) Nothing.

10. Other than their legs, what does the men's new duty allow them to stretch?
(a) Their patience.
(b) Barbed wire.
(c) Their souls.
(d) Their skin.

11. What disease do the prisoners have?
(a) Dysentery.
(b) Influenza.
(c) The plague.
(d) Cholera.

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

13. What do the men decide to do after seeing the poster?
(a) Get deloused and find some clean clothes.
(b) Destroy the picture of the girl.
(c) Go to town and find prostitutes.
(d) Sleep, because they are depressed.

14. What kind of accent does the singing wireless-man have?
(a) Austrian.
(b) Saxon.
(c) Hungarian.
(d) Anglo.

15. The men have become instinctual like...
(a) Bushmen.
(b) Insects.
(c) Hyenas.
(d) Trained dogs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What makes seven?

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

3. What are the men's thoughts like?

4. What exasperates the men more than the front line?

5. What weapon are the men newly afraid of?

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