Junior/senior - Basic English - Meltebrink

Question 1

Who was the thin soldier who hates Himmelstoss but loves to eat?

Answer 1

Tjaden

Question 2

Who is the 19 year old narrator who does not survive?

Answer 2

Paul

Question 3

Who was the peat-digger with a severe wound in his back?

Answer 3

Westhus

Question 4

Who was the school master who told his students to fight?

Answer 4

Kantorek

Question 5

Who was the veteran soldier who always finds good food?

Answer 5

Katczinsky

Question 6

Who is the farmer that is captured while trying to return home?

Answer 6

Detering

Question 7

Who is the corporal that is strict, cowardly and later respected?

Answer 7

Himmelstoss

Question 8

Who is Paul’s dying friend with one leg and nice boots?

Answer 8

Kemmerich

Question 9

Who is the man who proudly returns from the dying room?

Answer 9

Peter

Question 10

Who is the married man who wants special time with his wife?

Answer 10

Lewandowski

Question 11

Who the lieutenant who dies while covering his men?

Answer 11

Bertinck

Question 12

Who is the smart mathematician who bleeds to death?

Answer 12

Leer

Question 13

Who is the dying soldier who passes the boots on to paul?

Answer 13

Muller

Question 14

What does Muller want in the dressing station?

Answer 14

Boots

Question 15

Where do the men hide during the first bombardment?

Answer 15

Cemetery

Question 16

What does Paul learn about his mother?

Answer 16

She is sick

Question 17

Who is the first person that Paul sees when he returns home on leave?

Answer 17

Sister

Question 18

How does the little brunette react when Paul says that he is leaving?

Answer 18

She does not care

Question 19

What do the men think when they get rum and good food?

Answer 19

An attack is coming

Question 20

Who is punished for disobeying Himmelstoss?

Answer 20

Tjaden

Question 21

What does Paul try to kill?

Answer 21

Geese
Lice
Rats

Question 22

What exciting new does Mittelstaedt share with Paul?

Answer 22

Kantorek has been called up as a provincial

Question 23

Why does Kat say that eating before battle is a bad idea?

Answer 23

Abdominal woulds are more dangerous with a full stomach

Question 24

What does Paul see in the trees after he returns to the front?

Answer 24

A dead man

Question 25

What does Paul give to the Russian prisoners?

Answer 25

Cigarettes Potato-cakes Supervision during a burial

Question 26

Did the men respect their cook because he delivers their food under artillery fire?

Answer 26

NO

Question 27

Does the doctor cry when Kemmerich talks about his mother?

Answer 27

NO

Question 28

Katezinsky shoots a wounded recruit when no one is watching?

Answer 28

NO

Question 29

Are prisoners with saw-tooth bayonets are killed by the enemy?

Answer 29

YES

Question 30

Do many recruits die because they have no experience or knowledge?

Answer 30

YES

Question 31

Do the men love the kaiser because he gives them golden watches?

Answer 31

NO

Question 32

Does Paul notices that the train often stops to pick up fresh linens?

Answer 32

NO

Question 33

Is Paul afraid to go to a Catholic infirmary?

Answer 33

NO

Question 34

What happens when Paul meets a major on leave? Why is Paul angry?

Answer 34

The major demands that Paul salutes him stiffly | Paul is angry because the major insults Paul who has just come from fighting on the front

Question 35

What does Paul say when he visits Kemmerich's mother? How does she react?

Answer 35

That Kemmerich died quickly and painlessly | She says that Paul is lying

Question 36

What is the dying room? What practical advantage does it offer?

Answer 36

A room where men are taken when they are about to die So others will not see them die - - preserve morale The room is closer to the mortuary

Question 37

What story does Kat tell about a staff surgeon? Why is it funny?

Answer 37

That the staff surgeon wants to send a soldier with a wooden leg to the front The soldiers says that when his head is shot off he will get a wooden head and become a staff surgeon Men make fun of their country's desperation

Question 38

How does Paul respond when Kat is wounded? What do they discuss?

Answer 38

Paul carries him to the field station They talk about meeting each other after the war and their shared experiences

Question 39

What happens to Paul? What does the army report say?

Answer 39

He was killed in October of 1918. | All Quiet on the Western Front

Question 40

It is often said that war is hell - - How do the experiences of Paul and his friends illustrate this point? How does the German perspective help a British or American audience to understand WW1? How are the hopes, fears of the German similar to soldiers now?

Answer 40

Use your notes: Focus on: Questions and concerns about how the war started and why they are fighting] Thoughts of their family and home Death of many of their friends Fear and anxiety Remorse about kiling others