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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 is on the poster that the men are so fascinated about?
(a) A girl in a summer dress.
(b) News from the front.
(c) A list of casualties from the most recent attack.
(d) An advertisement for a film.

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

3. What makes seven?
(a) Four and a half-wits.
(b) Six men and two half-wits.
(c) Three whole-wits plus eight half-wits.
(d) Four plus three.

4. What is wrong with Paul's mother?
(a) She is angry that Paul did not bring more food.
(b) She cannot remember her son.
(c) She has cancer.
(d) She has gone insane.

5. What are all the soldiers hoping for?
(a) New tanks.
(b) A breakthrough in the enemy lines.
(c) Resupply.
(d) An armistice.

Short Answer Questions

1. Other than their legs, what does the men's new duty allow them to stretch?

2. How many days leave does Baumer get in total?

3. How does Paul kill the man in the shell-hole?

4. What was Leer good at in school, though it could not save him?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Baumer expect to face when the war ends? What does he not know?

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. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

10. How does this book make you feel about war?

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