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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 disease do the prisoners have?

2. What does Detering collect from a tree?

3. Why does Paul want to let the months and years come?

4. What will Baumer's mother undergo for her cancer?

5. What is missing from the naked soldier sitting in the tree, other than his clothes?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How is Company Commander Bertink killed?

3. 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?

4. Why is Baumer sad that he gets to be away from the front for so long?

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

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

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

8. How does Baumer feel towards the prisoners? Why? What does he think about the reasons for considering them an enemy?

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

10. How is Berger wounded?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Write an essay about a real-life case in which a soldier was court-martialed. Be sure to explain the charges, the evidence, verdict, punishment (if applicable), and whether or not you agree with the findings of the military court.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay explaining the development of conventions on chemical warfare throughout history, especially those that came as a direct result of the First World War.

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