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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 does Kat say is good for loose bowels?
2. What does Kropp have at home?
3. How does the French girl react when Baumer tells her he will never be able to see her again?
4. What do the men decide to do after seeing the poster?
5. What before-battle activity was heavily debated between Baumer, Kat, and Tjaden?
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. Why is Baumer sad that he gets to be away from the front for so long?
3. 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?
4. What does Baumer say about being happy during the war? What about the memory of the previous days?
5. What comes over Paul as he lies in the shell-hole? What reassures him?
6. How does this book make you feel about war?
7. What does Baumer expect to face when the war ends? What does he not know?
8. How does Baumer feel towards the prisoners? Why? What does he think about the reasons for considering them an enemy?
9. What does Paul think about after the man dies? What does this say about his character?
10. Why are the men feeling so ill? How are the enemy troops faring?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
War has its own general horrors, but also has other specific effects. Research and write an essay about an aftereffect of war, such as Gulf War Syndrome, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, or a refugee crisis. Make sure to explain:
1 - The specific cause.
2 - The nature of the disease or crisis.
3 - Any treatments or solutions available.
4 - How you think the problem could have been prevented, or can be prevented in the future.
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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