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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 missing from the naked soldier sitting in the tree, other than his clothes?
(a) His legs.
(b) His head.
(c) His arms.
(d) His helmet.

2. What has Baumer's mother been all her life?
(a) Lazy.
(b) Vindictive.
(c) Curious.
(d) Sickly.

3. What weapon are the men newly afraid of?
(a) Samurai.
(b) Gas.
(c) Bombers.
(d) Tanks.

4. What did Detering try to do?
(a) Steal Paul's bread.
(b) Run away to Holland.
(c) Kill Himmelstoss and himself.
(d) Escape and go home.

5. What was Leer good at in school, though it could not save him?
(a) Art.
(b) Mathematics.
(c) Gym class.
(d) Sport shooting.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the only things that Baumer can talk about with his family before he leaves?

2. What do eight of the men have to guard in particular?

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

4. What must the men do with their new uniforms?

5. What happens to Paul when he is in the shell-holes?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Baumer skin his elbows?

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

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

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

7. How is Berger wounded?

8. How is nature described throughout All Quiet on the Western Front? What does this symbolism mean?

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

10. 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?

(see the answer keys)

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