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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tjaden call Himmelstoss?

2. What do Baumer and Kat want to do to the wounded young recruit?

3. What does Leer prefer?

4. Who died of an inflammation of the lung?

5. What does a double ration of sausage and bread put a man in?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the men feel about their education?

2. Baumer says that being forced to do things in public restores the innocent nature of all things. What is he talking about?

3. What does Kropp think war should be like?

4. Why did Baumer and Kat want to kill the fair-haired young recruit? Why didn't they do it?

5. How was Himmelstoss disgraced?

6. When referring to Müller and Kemmerich, Baumer he states that they no longer have any sense of "artificial considerations". What do you think he means?

7. What is Kat's special talent? What does he do for the men?

8. In this chapter, Katczinsky makes a long speech about why the officers behave the way they do. What does he say?

9. How does Detering he react to the wounded horses, and why? What is his opinion of horses in warfare?

10. What did Kantorek do to the men?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay on the importance of literature as a way to get a message across. Be sure to touch upon:

1 - Examples of literature that have had a great impact.

2 - Literature's effectiveness in comparison to film, music, and art.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay that explains what you would do to help yourself overcome traumatic memories.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay that chooses at least two examples of symbolism from the book. Be sure to explain what the elements symbolize, and why you think the author chose them.

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