Source: Toller, Ernest. I Was a German: The Autobiography of a Revolutionary. 1933Context: Ernst Toller was a German who joined the Germany army after the war broke out. He served for just over a year, but was discharged from the army after suffering from a physical and mental breakdown. After he left the army, Toller turned to writing poetry, plays, and books. He saw his duty as a poet to bring people closer to his vision of peace and justice."I was at the front for thirteen months, and by the end of that time the sharpest perceptions had become dulled; words became [meaningless]. The war had become an everyday affair; life on the front became a matter of routine; instead of heroes there were only victims; conscripts* instead of volunteers, life had become hell, death a bagatelle*; we were all of us pieces in a great machine which sometimes rolled forward – nobody knew to where – sometimes backwards - nobody knew why. We had lost our enthusiasm, our courage, the very sense of our identity; there was no rhyme or reason in all this slaughtering and devastation; pain itself had lost its meaning; the earth was a barren* waste."By the end of the war, what was Toller's view of the war? Use text evidence.

By the end of the war, what was Toller's view of the war? Use text evidence.

Lost Generation writers who wrote about World War I differed from earlier authors in that they:A.abandoned rationality in order to depict surreal situations.B.worked to build popular support for their governments.C.did not describe war as heroic or glorious for soldiers.D.promoted revolutionary economic and political agendas.SUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

Fifty-four years ago to the day, a young Jewish boy from a small town in the Carpathian Mountains woke up, not far from Goethe's beloved Weimar, in a place of eternal infamy called Buchenwald. He was finally free, but there was no joy in his heart. He thought there never would be again. Liberated a day earlier by American soldiers, he remembers their rage at what they saw. And even if he lives to be a very old man, he will always be grateful to them for that rage, and also for their compassion. Though he did not understand their language, their eyes told him what he needed to know that they, too, would remember, and bear witness.Elie Wiesel, "The Perils of Indifference," 1999Why does Wiesel begin "The Perils of Indifference" by thanking the U.S. soldiers who freed him from the concentration camp as a child?A.To reprimand the soldiers of other countries who did nothing to helpB.To appeal to the audience who were mostly from the United StatesC.To inform the international audience that U.S. soldiers helped himD.To tell the U.S. audience that the United States should no longer be proud of its actionsSUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

Read this passage:Fifty-four years ago to the day, a young Jewish boy from a small town in the Carpathian Mountains woke up, not far from Goethe's beloved Weimar, in a place of eternal infamy called Buchenwald. He was finally free, but there was no joy in his heart. He thought there never would be again. Liberated a day earlier by American soldiers, he remembers their rage at what they saw. And even if he lives to be a very old man, he will always be grateful to them for that rage, and also for their compassion. Though he did not understand their language, their eyes told him what he needed to know that they, too, would remember, and bear witness.Elie Wiesel, "The Perils of Indifference," 1999Why does Wiesel begin "The Perils of Indifference" by thanking the U.S. soldiers who freed him from the concentration camp as a child?A.To appeal to the audience who were mostly from the United StatesB.To tell the U.S. audience that the United States should no longer be proud of its actionsC.To inform the international audience that U.S. soldiers helped himD.To reprimand the soldiers of other countries who did nothing to help

Read this passage:Fifty-four years ago to the day, a young Jewish boy from a small town in the Carpathian Mountains woke up, not far from Goethe's beloved Weimar, in a place of eternal infamy called Buchenwald. He was finally free, but there was no joy in his heart. He thought there never would be again. Liberated a day earlier by American soldiers, he remembers their rage at what they saw. And even if he lives to be a very old man, he will always be grateful to them for that rage, and also for their compassion. Though he did not understand their language, their eyes told him what he needed to know that they, too, would remember, and bear witness.Elie Wiesel, "The Perils of Indifference," 1999In the introduction of "The Perils of Indifference," how does Wiesel appeal directly to his U.S. audience?A.He asks for the United States' help in tracking down the men who were responsible for the Holocaust.B.He thanks the U.S. soldiers for their sacrifices in helping to free him from the concentration camp.C.He reprimands the other countries who refused to do anything to help him or the Jewish people.D.He talks about the horrors he witnessed as a young child in the concentration camps.