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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What platoon did Baumer, Kropp, Müller, and Kemmerich join?
(a) Eight.
(b) One.
(c) Nine.
(d) Four.

2. What did Baumer say Kemmerich had about him?
(a) Something of the man.
(b) Something special.
(c) Something of the girl.
(d) Something of a soldier.

3. How do the men refer to Germany?
(a) The Fatherland.
(b) The Disneyland.
(c) The Homeland.
(d) The Motherland.

4. What is the name of the play that Baumer was writing?
(a) Williams.
(b) Mein Strudel.
(c) Heinrich.
(d) Saul.

5. What do the men have to watch out for while riding back in the lorries?
(a) Hanging wires.
(b) Artillery.
(c) Snipers.
(d) Shell-holes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What "game" did Himmelstoss used to make the men play?

2. Who has a special reason to hate Himmelstoss?

3. Who is Kantorek?

4. How do gunpowder fumes taste?

5. What does a double ration of sausage and bread put a man in?

(see the answer key)

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