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

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

3. What is known about Paul's death?

4. What do the men find to eat?

5. What did the man that Baumer kills do for a living?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the men think about the causes and justifications behind the war?

2. How is Berger wounded?

3. How does Baumer skin his elbows?

4. Baumer states that when men are living so close to death, life is only expressed in a certain way. How does he say life is expressed? How has Paul changed?

5. How is Company Commander Bertink killed?

6. How does Paul say his generation has been changed, based on his descriptions of the entire book?

7. How do the men act while eating caviar? Why do they do this?

8. How does the French girl make Baumer feel?

9. How does Baumer feel towards the prisoners? Why? What does he think about the reasons for considering them an enemy?

10. How is nature described throughout All Quiet on the Western Front? What does this symbolism mean?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose a character from the novel and write an essay explaining:

1 - How he displayed bravery or helped the others.

2 - The qualities that this individual displayed that others can learn from.

3 - This character's opinion of the war.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay explaining the development of conventions on chemical warfare throughout history, especially those that came as a direct result of the First World War.

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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