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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. Why does Kat think they are losing the war?
(a) They salute too well.
(b) The commanders are incompetent.
(c) They spend too much time sleeping.
(d) The British artillery is too accurate.

2. What does Baumer fall in when counter-attacking the French?
(a) Someone's belly.
(b) A dug-out.
(c) Love with a French girl.
(d) A trench.

3. What is the name of the play that Baumer was writing?
(a) Heinrich.
(b) Saul.
(c) Williams.
(d) Mein Strudel.

4. What distinguishes Kropp from the other characters?
(a) He is the bravest.
(b) He is the clearest thinker.
(c) He is the tallest.
(d) He is the most cowardly.

5. How many men survived the last day at the front?
(a) Sixty.
(b) Seventy.
(c) Eighty.
(d) Ninety.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who died of an inflammation of the lung?

2. What was Detering before he was a soldier?

3. What did Baumer and Kemmerich used to catch in the lane of poplars by the Klosterbach?

4. What does Tjaden call Himmelstoss?

5. What do the men do with the leftover goose?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Kropp think war should be like?

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

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

4. Why would a soldier be happy to receive a broken arm?

5. How does Baumer describe the front? What can save them from danger?

6. How does Haie Westhus feel about the difference between military and civilian life?

7. How do the men feel about their education?

8. How did the men break Himmelstoss' power over them?

9. What happens to the young recruits in the dug-out?

10. What is Kat's special talent? What does he do for the men?

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