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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the men at rest five miles from?
(a) The beach.
(b) Headquarters.
(c) Germany.
(d) The front.

2. What distinguishes Kropp from the other characters?
(a) He is the tallest.
(b) He is the most cowardly.
(c) He is the clearest thinker.
(d) He is the bravest.

3. When the men enlisted, what did many of them do for the first time before going to the barracks?
(a) Smoke.
(b) Have sex.
(c) Shave.
(d) Drink.

4. How many deaths does the orderly think there will be on the day Kemmerich dies?
(a) Ten.
(b) Forty.
(c) Thirty.
(d) Twenty.

5. What new danger do the men face while taking cover?
(a) Bayonnets.
(b) Incendiary rounds.
(c) The living dead.
(d) Gas.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Müller offer Baumer a fine piece of?

2. What do the men wrap Himmelstoss in when they beat him?

3. Why does the orderly glance at Kemmerich and then leave?

4. How many days ago did the soldiers have to relieve the front line?

5. How many men survived the last day at the front?

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