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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 type of expression was on Paul's face when he died?

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

3. What weapon are the men newly afraid of?

4. What do the men use to cool their machine-gun when they run out of water?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

7. How does the French girl make Baumer feel?

8. 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?

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

10. How is Berger wounded?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay explaining one of these two points:

1 - Why young men should join the army and serve their country.

2 - Why giving one's life in war should never be asked of a citizen.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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