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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 flowers fill the meadow that the men are sitting in?
(a) Daffodills.
(b) Poppies.
(c) Roses.
(d) Violets.
2. Who is bothered the most by the sound of the wounded horses?
(a) Baumer.
(b) The fair-haired recruit.
(c) Kropp.
(d) Detering.
3. How many men were wounded by friendly fire in the first night at the front?
(a) A dozen.
(b) Two.
(c) Ten.
(d) Several.
4. Who is Stanislaus Katczinsky?
(a) The leader of the group.
(b) The follower of the group.
(c) The poet of the group.
(d) The laughing-stock of the group.
5. Who is Tjaden?
(a) A skinny locksmith.
(b) A rough dockworker.
(c) A fat accountant.
(d) A young student.
Short Answer Questions
1. What do the men do with the leftover goose?
2. What is the name of the play that Baumer was writing?
3. When do the men return to the lorries?
4. What is the men's sole ambition?
5. What name do the men call the British?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Tjaden have a special grudge against Himmelstoss?
2. How was Himmelstoss disgraced?
3. Baumer says that being forced to do things in public restores the innocent nature of all things. What is he talking about?
4. What does Kropp think war should be like?
5. When Baumer emerges from the hospital following Kemmerich's death, his head is suddenly filled with images of girls, meadows, clouds, and he seems to feel energized. Why do you think he feels this way?
6. What is Kat's special talent? What does he do for the men?
7. 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?
8. How did the men finally outwit the rats?
9. Why would a soldier be happy to receive a broken arm?
10. How does Baumer describe the front? What can save them from danger?
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