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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Baumer trade to a sergeant-major for a place with Kropp on the hospital train?
(a) Money.
(b) Sausage.
(c) Cognac.
(d) Cigars.

2. Who does Baumer fail to notice on the street?
(a) A major, who gets angry at him.
(b) His old school friend, who is happy to see him.
(c) His former girlfriend, who is annoyed by him.
(d) His father, who is furious with him.

3. Beside Baumer's training camp there is a prison of soldiers from what country?
(a) France.
(b) Canada.
(c) Russia.
(d) England.

4. What do the men bring to the French girls as presents?
(a) Money.
(b) Food.
(c) Clothes.
(d) Stolen jewellery.

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

6. What type of expression was on Paul's face when he died?
(a) Calm.
(b) Sad.
(c) Blank.
(d) Angry.

7. What did the army reports say on the day Paul died?
(a) All quiet on the western front.
(b) Paul Baumer is dead.
(c) No enemy activity at this time.
(d) Nothing more to report.

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

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

10. Who is dead?
(a) Kropp.
(b) Himmelstoss.
(c) Kemmerich.
(d) Katczsinky.

11. What happens to Paul when he is in the shell-holes?
(a) He kills a man.
(b) All of the above.
(c) He is caught in an enemy attack and must hide.
(d) He is overcome by fear.

12. What does Kat say is good for loose bowels?
(a) Combat.
(b) Medicine.
(c) Chocolate.
(d) Coffee.

13. What is known about Paul's death?
(a) He cried and begged until the bitter end.
(b) He killed himself.
(c) He did not suffer long.
(d) He died heroically.

14. How was Müller killed?
(a) He steps on a mine.
(b) He is obliterated by artillery.
(c) His is nailed in the head by a sniper.
(d) He is shot in the stomach.

15. What do eight of the men have to guard in particular?
(a) A watch-tower.
(b) An outpost.
(c) A graveyard.
(d) A supply dump.

Short Answer Questions

1. What must the men do with their new uniforms?

2. The men have become instinctual like...

3. Why does Paul have two weeks off?

4. What do the men use to cool their machine-gun when they run out of water?

5. Where was Paul sitting all day?

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