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WorksheetsAll Quiet on the Western Front (Chapters 1-5)
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 9mins
What is the "Western Front"?
The novel is based on the lives of men from what nation?
England
France
Russia
Germany
What is considered the official flower to represent those who died fighting in World War I?
"The three boxes stand in the midst of the glowing, _____________" (Remarque 9).
red poppy
white rose
yellow daisy
purple lavender
How does the narrator know several of the other men with whom he is fighting on the front?
church
school
the neighborhood
Under whom did the men serve in the No. 9 platoon for their training? (Hint: He was extremely cruel.)
Kantorek
Katczinsky
Himmelstoss
Kropp
As Kemmerich lay dying in a hospital from an infection he sustained during the war, what does he initially refuse to give to his friend Muller?
His boots
His watch
His diary
His wallet
While in school, the boys are taught that they are the " (a) ." Later Paul comes to realize that "We are none of us more than twenty years old. But young? Youth? That is long ago. We are old folk" (Remarque 18).
"...The finest thing that arose out of the war- __________" (27).
bravery
patriotism
new order
comradeship
Who dies in a hospital with Paul Baumer at his side?
Kemmerich
Katczinsky
Kantorek
Kropp
During a bombardment, the men begin to hear horrific, intolerable screams. "Detering [a farmer] raves and yells out: 'Shoot them! Shoot them, can't you? Damn you again!'" (63). What does he want to shoot?
(a)
World War I introduced many new aspects to warfare. On page 68, Paul describes, "A bell sounds between the explosions, gongs, and metal clappers warning everyone- _____-_____-_____."
Fire
Bomb
Gas
Mines
"Kat looks around and whispers: 'Shouldn't we just take a revolver and put an end to it?'"
"I nod. 'Yes, Kat, we ought to put him out of his misery.'"
Who/what do they want to put out of its misery? (Remarque 72)
A wounded horse
A wounded German
A wounded Frenchman
A wounded dog
What do Paul and his friends sit around and contemplate in their free time?
Life after death
Their childhoods
Life after the war
True love
Who was sent to the front lines as punishment for taking his training tactics too far?
Tjaden
Himmelstoss
Baumer
The Kaiser
What animals do Paul and Kat catch and roast at the end of Chapter 5?
Geese
Horses
Ducks
Rats
