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All Quiet on the Western Front Chapters 1-6 Test

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who is the narrator of All Quiet on the Western Front?

a)

Paul Kantorek

b)

Paul Bäumer

c)

Paul Müller

d)

Paul Kemmerich

2.

When Paul's company receives a short reprieve from the fighting, how many men remain of the original 150?

a)

20

b)

90

c)

80

d)

100

3.

What does Müller want from his former classmate Kemmerich, who is dying of a thigh wound?

a)

Absolution

b)

His uniform

c)

His boots

d)

His gun

4.

How was the portrayal of war in All Quiet on the Western Front different from most other novels of the time?

a)

It was pro-war

b)

It was pro-English

c)

It romanticized war

d)

It was brutally realistic

5.

Who is the first of Paul’s classmates to die during the war?

a)

Müller

b)

Joseph Behm

c)

Kropp

d)

Kemmerich

6.

Whose boots does Müller want?

a)

Kropp’s

b)

Kemmerich’s

c)

Paul’s

d)

Tjaden’s

7.

For what medical condition that plagues Tjaden does Himmelstoss devise a humiliating cure?

a)

Bad breath

b)

A hernia

c)

Gas

d)

Bed-wetting

8.

Which character has a knack for finding food?

a)

Kropp

b)

Paul

c)

Kat

d)

Tjaden

9.

What did Kantorek encourage his students to do about the war?

a)

Avoid it at all costs.

b)

Emigrate to America

c)

Fight if conscripted; otherwise live at peace.

d)

Patriotically enlist at once.

10.

What happens when half the company is killed at the beginning of the novel?

a)

The survivors receive double rations and enjoy a large meal.

b)

The survivors are emotionally devastated.

c)

The survivors are chastised by the general for letting their comrades die.

d)

The survivors steal the dead men’s clothes.

11.

Who kills the goose?

a)

Paul

b)

Tjaden

c)

Kropp

d)

Kat

12.

What has taken over the men's hair and bodies in chapter 5?

a)

Mosquitos

b)

Flies

c)

Knats

d)

Lice

13.

What does Tjaden do to Himmelstoss to cause him to get into trouble?

a)

He pushes him in the mud.

b)

He slaps him.

c)

He moons him.

d)

He spits on him.

14.

How many men are left who joined the Second Company with Paul and his friends?

a)

20

b)

15

c)

12

d)

5

15.

What is Tjaden's punishment for what he did to Himmelstoss?

a)

He was placed in isolation for 5 days.

b)

He was sentenced to jail for 3 days.

c)

He was removed from the trenches.

d)

He was sent home.

16.

What did Paul and Kat do with the goose feathers?

a)

They made slippers.

b)

They made pillows.

c)

They made ink pens.

d)

They threw them on the guys.

17.

In the graveyard, what does Paul hide under to protect himself from the shelling?

a)

A coffin

b)

A stone tomb

c)

A destroyed car

d)

An upturned cart

18.

What does Kat suggest they should do with the recruit who has been injured in the graveyard?

a)

Leave him

b)

Shoot him

c)

Carry him home

d)

Take him to hospital

19.

Why is Himmelstoss sent to the front?

a)

As a punishment

b)

His leave is over

c)

He is promoted

d)

He requests it

20.

Which two soldiers are put on trial for insubordination towards Himmelstoss?

a)

Kropp and Tjaden

b)

Kat and Tjaden

c)

Paul and Tjaden

d)

Müller and Tjaden

21.

What do Kat and Paul do at the house where they earlier heard geese?

a)

Hide out

b)

Roast a goose

c)

Play with a goose

d)

Free a goose

22.

What do most soldiers in the trench do to try to distract themselves from their waiting?

a)

Kill lice

b)

Play cards

c)

Beat up recruits

d)

Write poetry

23.

What do memories of the past bring Paul?

a)

Desire

b)

Faint hope

c)

Disgust

d)

Sorrow

24.

What or who do the soldiers have to fight to protect their food?

a)

Each other

b)

Geese

c)

Rats

d)

Enemy soldiers

25.

What is outside of the shelled schoolhouse?

a)

Food supplies

b)

Coffins

c)

Munitions

d)

Medical supplies

26.

Chapter One opens with Paul Bäumer and the other members of the Second Company doing what?

a)

Resting

b)

Fighting

c)

Falling ill

d)

Swimming

27.

What age are Leer, Müller, Kropp, Haie Westhus and Paul himself at the opening of the novel?

a)

Twenty

b)

Sixteen

c)

Forty

d)

Nineteen

28.

Who in the company is in the hospital with a thigh wound?

a)

Kemmerich

b)

Kantorek

c)

Joseph Behm

d)

Katczinsky

29.

What does Kantorek call his former pupils in his letter?

a)

Callow youth

b)

Iron youth

c)

Golden youth

d)

Steel youth

30.

What do the men give a hospital orderly in return for more morphine for Kemmerich?

a)

A pair of boots

b)

Some cigarettes

c)

A book

d)

Ammunition and a gun

31.

What is something that Paul did as a young student?

a)

Steal apples

b)

Study meteorology

c)

Write poetry

d)

Dream of war’s brutality

32.

Paul thinks that after the war, the older men will forget, but what will happen to the younger men?

a)

They will be fine

b)

They will recover slowly

c)

They will all die

d)

They will have nothing

33.

What does Paul think the humiliation and the arbitrary discipline dealt out by Corporal Himmelstoss has allowed Paul to do?

a)

Survive

b)

Hate others

c)

Hate himself

d)

Fear suffering

34.

What does Kemmerich tell Paul to do with his boots once he is dead?

a)

Throw them out

b)

Give them to Müller

c)

Take them himself

d)

Burn them

35.

What does Kat give one of the new recruits of Second Company?

a)

A pair of boots

b)

Some beans

c)

Some cigarettes

d)

A black eye

36.

What does Kat believe would happen if every soldier got the same food and the same pay?

a)

The war would end

b)

Anarchy would break out

c)

Communism would rule

d)

Nothing

37.

How do Paul and his friends remember the recruits’ barracks?

a)

With fear

b)

With longing

c)

With regret

d)

With disgust

38.

What news does Tjaden excitedly report when he returns to the company?

a)

Himmelstoss is dead

b)

Himmelstoss has been captured

c)

Himmelstoss has been wounded

d)

Himmelstoss is coming

39.

What did Haie, Paul, Kropp, and Tjaden do to Himmelstoss as he returned from his favourite pub?

a)

Beat him up

b)

Scared him

c)

Shot him

d)

Stole his gun

40.

What job did the dying Kemmerich want to have after the war?

a)

Head forester

b)

Peat-digger

c)

Schoolmaster

d)

Postman