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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. What was the name of the men's platoon leader during training?
(a) Beethoven.
(b) Strauss.
(c) Himmelstoss.
(d) Copenhagen.
2. What do the men throw at the enemy soldiers?
(a) Knives.
(b) Bombs.
(c) Rocks.
(d) Empty rifles with bayonets.
3. Who hates Himmelstoss the most?
(a) Kropp.
(b) Haie.
(c) Baumer.
(d) Tjaden.
4. When the men enlisted, what did many of them do for the first time before going to the barracks?
(a) Have sex.
(b) Drink.
(c) Shave.
(d) Smoke.
5. The men were trained to be heroes as if they were...
(a) Circus-ponies.
(b) Circus-performers.
(c) Circus-animals.
(d) Circus-clowns.
Short Answer Questions
1. What are the French famous for on the front?
2. Who arrives at the front lines?
3. Who does the crying, fair-haired recruit remind Baumer of?
4. What is the main character's name?
5. How old is Kemmerich?
Short Essay Questions
1. Katczinsky recites the rhyme "Give 'em all the same grub and all the same pay / And the war would be over and done in a day". What do you think this means?
2. What happens to the young recruits in the dug-out?
3. Why is Tjaden unafraid of the punishment that may follow his insults to Himmelstoss?
4. 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?
5. How do the men feel about their education?
6. In this chapter, Katczinsky makes a long speech about why the officers behave the way they do. What does he say?
7. Why do the men prefer sharpened shovels to bayonets?
8. How does Haie Westhus feel about the difference between military and civilian life?
9. Baumer says that being forced to do things in public restores the innocent nature of all things. What is he talking about?
10. Describe the bond that exists between Baumer and Kropp.
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