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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 flowers fill the meadow that the men are sitting in?

2. What is Tjaden's national dish?

3. What did Baumer say Kemmerich had about him?

4. What do the men throw at the enemy soldiers?

5. What does Tjaden call Himmelstoss?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Himmelstoss prove about his character in this chapter?

2. Why does Tjaden have a special grudge against Himmelstoss?

3. Why does Kantorek's letter make the men angry? Why do you think the men have become old?

4. How did Baumer narrowly escape death in the dug-outs?

5. What is the difference between the younger and older men?

6. Where are the characters, and how are they feeling? Where did their "luck" come from?

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

8. What did Kantorek do to the men?

9. Why would a soldier be happy to receive a broken arm?

10. Describe Corporal Himmelstoss.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay describing the effect of female involvement in the First World War upon Women's Rights.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay that critiques both Erich Maria Remarque's writing style and the subject matter of the book. Previous reviews of the book may be helpful, but be sure to use original ideas and do not plagiarize.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay about the character of Paul Baumer, including his personality, what he represents, and how Baumer's reactions to the events around him illustrate the nature of his character.

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