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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. What was the name of the other soldier who wet the bed?

2. What is there a lot more of now in the trenches?

3. What did Kropp lose in his bet about the German airplane?

4. What is Kropp's first name?

5. What was Detering before he was a soldier?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where are the characters, and how are they feeling? Where did their "luck" come from?

2. How do the men react when they are finally attacked?

3. Describe Corporal Himmelstoss.

4. How did the men break Himmelstoss' power over them?

5. How does Baumer describe the front? What can save them from danger?

6. How does Detering he react to the wounded horses, and why? What is his opinion of horses in warfare?

7. What is the difference between the younger and older men?

8. During the card game, the men occasionally drift off into silence. What are they thinking about?

9. What does Kropp think war should be like?

10. Why do the men prefer sharpened shovels to bayonets?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay explaining the causes of World War I, including a time-line of events, and all the responsible people, parties, and governments.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay on the importance of literature as a way to get a message across. Be sure to touch upon:

1 - Examples of literature that have had a great impact.

2 - Literature's effectiveness in comparison to film, music, and art.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay describing the effect of female involvement in the First World War upon Women's Rights.

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