AQOTWF Chapter 1-5 Review

How did Kantorek, the schoolmaster influence Paul and his classmates?

• Encouraged them to become Lieutenants

• Told them they would make money if they fought in the war

• Gave them a sense of nationalism and encouraged them to join the army

• Wanted them to make a name for themselves.

Why did Paul feel that Kantorek betrayed them?

• He didn’t tell them of the awful realities of death that they would face

• He did not tell them that the war would not pay for college

• He told them that they would get paid for their service.

• Kantorek told them the haricot beans were gourmet.

What was Kemmerich’s condition when Paul and his friends visited him at the dressing station?

• He had his left foot amputated for stepping on a landmine.

• He had his right arm amputated after being injured when playing catch with grenades.

• He had a nose job, he felt unattractive

• He had his leg amputated and was dying at the dressing station

How did the harsh training that the young recruits received help prepare them for life in the trenches? 

• It made them tough and suspicious of others and they learned to depend on each other

• It made them prepared for eating beans

• Made them more patriotic

• They learned how to decipher the enemy from anyone on the field.

How did Kat compare a man’s nature to a dog’s in order to illustrate his opinion of the abuses of army authority?

• He stated that they both prompt the soldier to urinate outside.

• He compares it the dog's instinct to snap at meat. The more they have the more they want.

• He compares it to how dogs are good at detecting fear

How did Paul and some of his friends get back at Himmelstoss the night before they left for the front? 

• They put an adhesive on his toothbrush

• They put fleas in his bed

• They ambushed him and beat him.  

• They posted pics on Instagram of him using the latrine.

How did Paul illustrate the truth of his statement that “To no man does the earth mean so much as to the soldier”?

• The earth was a good place to live.

• The earth served as a place of refuge.

• The earth kept them warm at night.

• Soldiers were trained on how to preserve the planet.

Why was Himmelstoss’s superior rank and authority less effective at the front than it was in training camp?

• Because he was not tall enough to reach the trench tops

• Because at the Front Line, staying alive was more important than rank

• Because the main corporal did not care for Himmelstoss.

• Because he was transferred for bad behavior

What did Paul and his friends agree was the “common fate of their generation”?

• They will all return home and become Bobbies around town.

• They will all return home as war heroes

• they would return home lost because they no longer had enthusiasm for life

Why did Detering want to shoot the horses?

• He despises them from his time on the farm

• He wants to cook them and eat them

• He wants to put them out of their misery