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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 exasperates the men more than the front line?

2. What gives the men terrible bowel troubles?

3. Why was Paul glad when he died?

4. Other than their legs, what does the men's new duty allow them to stretch?

5. What happens on a foggy morning at the training camp?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

5. What does Kropp decide to do if his leg is amputated? Why do the doctors amputate so quickly?

6. How is Company Commander Bertink killed?

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

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

9. What does Baumer expect to face when the war ends? What does he not know?

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

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 explains the conventions regarding the treatment of POWs, and your personal opinion about them. Are they too harsh or too lenient? Should different rules be applied to different types of enemies?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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