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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2 - The Gross Deutschland.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the occupants of the train Sajer saw heading west in Part 1 Chapter 1 use to deflect the wind from their train car?
(a) The door.
(b) Cardboard.
(c) Bodies.
(d) Blankets.

2. What did Sajer find perplexing after frequently being under artillery fire?
(a) Russian tactics.
(b) The German tactics.
(c) The sarcasm of combat veterans.
(d) The military doctors humor.

3. What did the German army do to forestall the Russian army according to Sajer?
(a) Mined the river bank.
(b) Destroyed the bridges.
(c) Sunk their boats.
(d) Shattered the ice on the river.

4. Who won the knife fight Sajer mentioned happening during the German counter-thrust in Part 2 Chapter 6?
(a) The German.
(b) A partisan.
(c) Both died.
(d) The Russian.

5. What did Sajer do during the week and a half he spent in Berlin?
(a) Read German literature.
(b) Trained.
(c) Rested.
(d) Courted Paula.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Sajer decide to visit before returning to Alsace?

2. How many of the 60,000 soldiers that participated in the counter thrust Sajer mentions in Part 2 Chapter 6 were Hitlerjugend?

3. What does Sajer say fell constantly in Part 1 Chapter 2?

4. Where were Sajer and his unit sent after ending the training according to Part 2 Chapter 6?

5. What did Guy Sajer do when he arrived at Bialystok?

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