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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. Where do the men think they will be going?

2. What did the man that Baumer kills do for a living?

3. In what month was Paul killed?

4. What does Detering collect from a tree?

5. What does Baumer do with the prisoners?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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. How does Baumer feel about being back at the training camp on the moors? What does Remarque use nature to symbolize?

5. How does the French girl make Baumer feel?

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

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

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

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

10. How is Berger wounded?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

Paul Baumer's life is filled with tragedy. Write an essay that describes the tragic events detailed in All Quiet on the Western Front, and how these events affected Baumer.

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