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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. Who is dead?
(a) Kemmerich.
(b) Himmelstoss.
(c) Kropp.
(d) Katczsinky.

2. Other than their legs, what does the men's new duty allow them to stretch?
(a) Their patience.
(b) Barbed wire.
(c) Their skin.
(d) Their souls.

3. What are the only things that Baumer can talk about with his family before he leaves?
(a) How wonderful it was to be home and some soldier's jokes.
(b) How strange it was to be back home, and some soldier's jokes.
(c) His mother's illness and some soldier's jokes.
(d) The weather and some soldier's jokes.

4. Why does Paul want to let the months and years come?
(a) He is optimistic about the future.
(b) He has nothing more they can take from him.
(c) He feels happy because of the possibility of peace.
(d) He wants to do some more fighting.

5. What did the man that Baumer kills do for a living?
(a) Farmer.
(b) Postman.
(c) Teacher.
(d) Printer.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many cakes does Baumer give to the Russians?

2. The men have become instinctual like...

3. What happens on a foggy morning at the training camp?

4. Who is wounded by shellfire while evacuating a village?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. What does Baumer say about being happy during the war? What about the memory of the previous days?

3. What condition are the Russian prisoners in? Why are they being treated so harshly?

4. What do the men think about the causes and justifications behind the war?

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

6. What comes over Paul as he lies in the shell-hole? What reassures him?

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

8. What type of situation does Baumer's family face over his mother's illness?

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

10. How is Berger wounded?

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