View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Who is wounded by shellfire while evacuating a village?
(a) Tjaden.
(b) Haie.
(c) Katczinsky.
(d) Kropp.

7. Where do the men think they will be going?
(a) England.
(b) Russia.
(c) France.
(d) Back home to defend Germany.

8. What class is Paul mother in in the hospital?
(a) Fourth.
(b) Second.
(c) First.
(d) Third.

9. In what month was Paul killed?
(a) November.
(b) October.
(c) December.
(d) January.

10. How many cakes does Baumer give to the Russians?
(a) None.
(b) Two.
(c) One.
(d) All of them.

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

12. What did the man that Baumer kills do for a living?
(a) Teacher.
(b) Postman.
(c) Printer.
(d) Farmer.

13. Who is the first family member to see Paul when he returns home on leave?
(a) His father.
(b) His sister.
(c) His mother.
(d) His brother.

14. Why does Baumer go out on patrol?
(a) To keep him feeling like a soldier.
(b) To keep the enemy on guard.
(c) Because he feels an attachment to his comrades.
(d) To help collect the dead soldiers.

15. What do the men use to cool their machine-gun when they run out of water?
(a) Clay.
(b) Blood.
(c) Urine.
(d) Spit.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did everyone in the world say "yes" to?

2. What does Baumer's mother send to him before he leaves?

3. What was Leer good at in school, though it could not save him?

4. What does Baumer do with the prisoners?

5. Why does Paul hesitate to get in the bed in the hospital train?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 387 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample