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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Kat think they are losing the war?
(a) The commanders are incompetent.
(b) They spend too much time sleeping.
(c) They salute too well.
(d) The British artillery is too accurate.

2. Who is Kantorek?
(a) The men's old schoolmaster.
(b) The men's old barber.
(c) The men's old friend.
(d) The men's old bartender.

3. Who is Haie Westhus?
(a) A peat-digger.
(b) A field-worker.
(c) A gardener.
(d) A construction worker.

4. What do the men wrap Himmelstoss in when they beat him?
(a) A pillowcase.
(b) Tow cable.
(c) A bed cover.
(d) Wire bedding.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where are the soldiers who are not in the mess line or the dressing-station?

2. What does an old buffer describe the men as?

3. What is Kat so worried about?

4. Who does the crying, fair-haired recruit remind Baumer of?

5. When men such as Himmelstoss get a star or a stripe, it is as though they have swallowed...

(see the answer key)

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