Semester 2 Mid-Term Questions

Question 1

In All Quiet on the Western Front, how did the young men “square accounts” with Corporal Himmelstoss for the ways he had treated them during training?

Answer 1

They assaulted him

Question 2

In All Quiet on the Western Front, Kantorek continually refers to the narrator and his comrades as the “Iron Youth.” To what was he appealing?

Answer 2

Patriotism

Question 3

In All Quiet on the Western Front, what object of Kemmerich’s is passed among the group?

Answer 3

A pair of boots

Question 4

In All Quiet on the Western Front, what is the greatest quality of Stanislaus Katczinsky?

Answer 4

His resourcefulness

Question 5

In All Quiet on the Western Front, who does Paul carry away from the front, only to discover him dead at the medical tent?

Answer 5

Katczkinsky

Question 6

In All Quiet on the Western Front, who disappoints the soldiers when they meet?

Answer 6

Kaiser

Question 7

What caused World War I?

Answer 7

An assassination

Question 8

The assassination of which archduke caused World War I?

Answer 8

Franz Ferdinand

Question 9

What theater of war and time frame does Citizen Soldiers address?

Answer 9

European theater, 1944-1945

Question 10

In World War II, which nations comprised the Allied Powers?

Answer 10

Russia, France, United Kingdom, United States

Question 11

In World War II, which nations comprised the Axis Powers?

Answer 11

Japan, Germany, Italy

Question 12

In World War II, who comprised the “Big Three”?

Answer 12

Winston Churchill, Franklin Roosevelt, Josef Stalin

Question 13

Which of the following Allied Generals was not American?

Answer 13

Bernard Montgomery

Question 14

The lack of what resource in September 1944 slowed the Allied advance?

Answer 14

Gasoline

Question 15

What was the line of fortifications on the German western border called?

Answer 15

The Siegfried Line

Question 16

What was the natural obstacle on the German western border?

Answer 16

The Rhine River

Question 17

What region factored heavily in both the German blitzkrieg in 1939 and the Battle of the Bulge in the winter of 1944?

Answer 17

Ardennes Forest

Question 18

What does Ambrose refer to as the oldest tactical and engineering problem in warfare?

Answer 18

Overcoming a fortified position

Question 19

What terrain feature caused allied troops great difficulty in the battle for Normandy?

Answer 19

Hedgerows

Question 20

Which of the following allied offensive operations in the European Theater of WWII was a failure (choose all that apply)?

Answer 20

Operation Goodwood, Operation Market Garden

Question 21

What was the pre- and post-war occupation of Maj. James Stewart?

Answer 21

Actor

Question 22

In One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, what is a zek?

Answer 22

A prisoner

Question 23

In One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, why is Shukhov in prison, according to the government?

Answer 23

He was a spy

Question 24

In One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, what prized possession does Shukhov keep in his boot?

Answer 24

A spoon

Question 25

In One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, what does Shukhov sew into his mattress for safe keeping?

Answer 25

A piece of bread

Question 26

What does Shukhov share with Alyoshka at the end of the day?

Answer 26

A biscuit

Question 27

Why was Alyoshka imprisoned?

Answer 27

He was a baptist

Question 28

In One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, what object does Shukhov routinely hide for future use?

Answer 28

A trowel

Question 29

In One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, what does the gang steal from a neighboring site during their workday?

Answer 29

Tar paper

Question 30

What object nearly sends Shukhov to solitary confinement, but is not discovered?

Answer 30

A rusty blade

Question 31

What was the motto of the modernist movement?

Answer 31

"Make it new”

Question 32

What legend served as the framework for T.S. Eliot’s master work, The Waste Land?

Answer 32

The Holy Grail

Question 33

What did Eliot do in 1927 that shocked his Avant Garde friends?

Answer 33

He was baptized

Question 34

What event is the author of Lamentations mourning?

Answer 34

The destruction of Jerusalem

Question 35

What is unexpected about the tone of Lamentations’ ending?

Answer 35

It doubts God’s restoration

Question 36

What significant change happens to the acrostic structure in the final chapter of Lamentations?

Answer 36

It is abandoned

Question 37

What gives Jeremiah hope in Lamentations 3, when he is at his lowest point?

Answer 37

God’s faithfulness

Question 38

What changes about the acrostic structure in chapter 3 of Lamentations?

Answer 38

It is repeated 3 times

Question 39

What type of poem is the book of Lamentations?

Answer 39

Acrostic

Question 40

What did God say the consequences would be for Ezekiel if he did not warn Israel of their peril?

Answer 40

God would destroy and Ezekiel would be responsible

Question 41

What will be the name of the new city described in Ezekiel 40-48?

Answer 41

The Lord is There

Question 42

What proverb did God command Israel not to sing, as they downplayed their own wickedness?

Answer 42

"The parents ate sour grapes and the children’s teeth are set on edge”

Question 43

What was the significance of the angelic chariots in Ezekiel going out from the temple?

Answer 43

God going to His people in exile

Question 44

Who are the dry bones God shows Ezekiel in chapter 37?

Answer 44

The house of Israel

Question 45

What did God prohibit Ezekiel from doing after He told the prophet he would lose “the delight of [his] eyes”?

Answer 45

Mourning his wife’s death