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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 was Guy Sajer living in 1943?
2. What were the soldiers in Guy Sajer's unit ordered to do after boarding a train during their trip from Bialystok?
3. What did Guy Sajer do when he arrived at Bialystok?
4. What Company was Sajer's group part of in Part 2 Chapter 6?
5. What was the name of the camp that Sajer trained at in Part 2 Chapter 5?
Short Essay Questions
1. What happened after the feldwebel took his clothes off in the Author's Preface and Prologue?
2. How did the Belgorod offensive go for the German soldiers according to Sajer?
3. What example does Sajer give to the German military superiority in Part 1- Russia??
4. What does Sajer say of commanding officer, Captain Fink?
5. How many soldiers were involved in the Belgorod offensive according to Sajer?
6. How does Sajer say Russian prisoners were transported back to the prisoner's camp?
7. What did Sajer decide to do with his leave pass?
8. Who did Sajer meet in Berlin and what did he do during his week and a half leave?
9. What happened when the Poles tried to sell Sajer and his unit some eggs?
10. What happened to the truck Sajer drove during the German retreat from the Don River?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Sajer's father taught him to fear and hate the German soldiers. Discuss what might have made him want to enlist in the German army.
Essay Topic 2
The Luftwaffe, the glamorous life Sajer touted at the start of the book, is absent from the sky during most of the retreat. Where was the Luftwaffe during 1944? Why did the Luftwaffe lose control of the sky? What impacts did this loss have on the German advance?
Essay Topic 3
The Germans in the army didn't like Alsacians, blaming anything they perceived as weakness on their French heritage. Why were the Alsacians singled out despite Germany's claim on the territory shown by the inclusion of the Alsace region in the Third Reich. What other countries had troops on the front line and did they have the same rapport with the Germans?
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