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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 punishment do the men receive for insulting Himmelstoss?
(a) Solitary confinement.
(b) Open arrest.
(c) Probation.
(d) House arrest.

2. Who is Tjaden?
(a) A rough dockworker.
(b) A young student.
(c) A skinny locksmith.
(d) A fat accountant.

3. What word describes almost all sergeant-majors?
(a) Loud.
(b) Mean.
(c) Fat.
(d) Drunk.

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

5. What does Leer prefer?
(a) The girls from the clubs in Munich.
(b) The girls from the English brothels.
(c) The girls from the officers' brothels.
(d) The girls from the hospital.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Himmelstoss threaten to do to Tjaden?

2. When do the men return to the lorries?

3. When the men enlisted, what did many of them do for the first time before going to the barracks?

4. Why is Müller in a good mood?

5. What bed is Kemmerich in?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the men feel when they are at the front?

2. Why does Kantorek's letter make the men angry? Why do you think the men have become old?

3. Describe the bond that exists between Baumer and Kropp.

4. How was Himmelstoss disgraced?

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

6. 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?

7. What is Kropp's opinion of what life will be like when the men return home? What does it tell the reader about the effect of war upon a man?

8. How do the men feel about their education?

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

10. What did Kantorek do to the men?

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