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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 did the army reports say on the day Paul died?
(a) Paul Baumer is dead.
(b) No enemy activity at this time.
(c) All quiet on the western front.
(d) Nothing more to report.

2. Who does Baumer fail to notice on the street?
(a) His former girlfriend, who is annoyed by him.
(b) His father, who is furious with him.
(c) A major, who gets angry at him.
(d) His old school friend, who is happy to see him.

3. What do the men use to cool their machine-gun when they run out of water?
(a) Urine.
(b) Spit.
(c) Clay.
(d) Blood.

4. What is known about Paul's death?
(a) He killed himself.
(b) He did not suffer long.
(c) He died heroically.
(d) He cried and begged until the bitter end.

5. How was Müller killed?
(a) He steps on a mine.
(b) He is obliterated by artillery.
(c) His is nailed in the head by a sniper.
(d) He is shot in the stomach.

Short Answer Questions

1. What exasperates the men more than the front line?

2. What do the men find to eat?

3. Beside Baumer's training camp there is a prison of soldiers from what country?

4. What type of expression was on Paul's face when he died?

5. What did everyone in the world say "yes" to?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Company Commander Bertink killed?

2. Why is Baumer sad that he gets to be away from the front for so long?

3. Baumer states that when men are living so close to death, life is only expressed in a certain way. How does he say life is expressed? How has Paul changed?

4. How does Paul say his generation has been changed, based on his descriptions of the entire book?

5. Why are the men feeling so ill? How are the enemy troops faring?

6. What do you think of the ending of All Quiet on the Western Front, and how does it make readers feel? Is it an appropriate ending?

7. What happens when an enemy soldier falls into Baumer's shell-hole?

8. What do the men think about being assigned to guard the supply dump?

9. How do the men act while eating caviar? Why do they do this?

10. How does the French girl make Baumer feel?

(see the answer keys)

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