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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many men were wounded by friendly fire in the first night at the front?
(a) Several.
(b) A dozen.
(c) Ten.
(d) Two.

2. What name do the men call the British?
(a) Yanks.
(b) Tommies.
(c) Teapots.
(d) Bacon.

3. Who is coming to the front?
(a) Himmelstoss.
(b) Baumer.
(c) Kantorek.
(d) Katczinsky.

4. How long does Kropp say the men have had to endure shells and bombs?
(a) One year.
(b) A year and a half.
(c) Thirty-seven months.
(d) Two years.

5. Kat's masterpiece was four boxes of...
(a) Lobsters.
(b) Wine.
(c) Canned tuna.
(d) Sauerkraut.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why was the fair-haired recruit so embarrassed?

3. How many men survived the last day at the front?

4. The men were trained to be heroes as if they were...

5. What is Kropp's first name?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Himmelstoss prove about his character in this chapter?

2. Describe Corporal Himmelstoss.

3. How did Baumer narrowly escape death in the dug-outs?

4. Why is Tjaden unafraid of the punishment that may follow his insults to Himmelstoss?

5. When referring to Müller and Kemmerich, Baumer he states that they no longer have any sense of "artificial considerations". What do you think he means?

6. During the card game, the men occasionally drift off into silence. What are they thinking about?

7. What did Kantorek do to the men?

8. Why do the men prefer sharpened shovels to bayonets?

9. How do the men feel about their education?

10. What does Kropp think war should be like?

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