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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Paul hesitate to get in the bed in the hospital train?
(a) It is an officer's bed.
(b) The sheets are too clean.
(c) He doesn't want to get in without giving the sergeant-major the cigars.
(d) It is covered with blood from the previous occupant.

2. What does Baumer trade to a sergeant-major for a place with Kropp on the hospital train?
(a) Sausage.
(b) Money.
(c) Cigars.
(d) Cognac.

3. What will the generation that grows up after Paul's do with his generation?
(a) Give them support.
(b) Use them as cheap labor.
(c) Send them to prison.
(d) Push them aside.

4. Where was Paul sitting all day?
(a) In a garden.
(b) On a cart.
(c) In the trenches.
(d) In the dug-out.

5. Why was Paul glad when he died?
(a) The war would soon end.
(b) He was going to rejoin his friends.
(c) The end had finally come.
(d) He liked pain.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many cakes does Baumer give to the Russians?

2. Who is the first family member to see Paul when he returns home on leave?

3. What part of 1918 is the bloodiest yet?

4. Other than their legs, what does the men's new duty allow them to stretch?

5. Why does Paul have two weeks off?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Paul think about after the man dies? What does this say about his character?

2. Why are the men feeling so ill? How are the enemy troops faring?

3. What type of situation does Baumer's family face over his mother's illness?

4. What do you think of the ending of All Quiet on the Western Front, and how does it make readers feel? Is it an appropriate ending?

5. What does Baumer expect to face when the war ends? What does he not know?

6. What do the men think about being assigned to guard the supply dump?

7. How does Baumer feel about being back at the training camp on the moors? What does Remarque use nature to symbolize?

8. How does the French girl make Baumer feel?

9. How is Berger wounded?

10. How is Company Commander Bertink killed?

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