All Quiet on the Western Front

All Quiet on the Western Front Test Review for English 10

Multiple Choice • The setting for the novel All Quiet on the Western Front takes place during World War I on Germany’s front with: • Russia • Italy • Belgium • France

Multiple Choice • When Paul steps on Muller’s foot so he will stop talking about Kemmerich’s boots, he is showing himself to be: • crude • covetous • compassionate • insatiable

Multiple Choice • Erich Maria Remarque’s novel: • demonstrates the heroism associated with war. • does not glorify war. • is told from the first person point of view (except for the last 2 paragraphs). • both B and C.

Multiple Choice • Paul says they have become a “wasteland” because: • they have had no chance at life before the war. • they have become “Iron Youth”. • they have lost their childhood. • A and C only.

Multiple Choice • Paul says the finest thing to arise out of war was: • heroism • glory • comradeship • girls

Multiple Choice • When Paul says of Kemmerich, “He is still and yet it is not he any longer,” he is expressing a: • apostrophe • simile • irony • paradox

Multiple Choice • Albert Kropp says, “the wrong people do the fighting.” According to Kropp, it should be: • teachers, like Kantorek, who encourage them to enlist. • generals and government ministers. • cruel and overbearing basic training instructors. • the families who wanted their sons to be war heroes.

Multiple Choice • Haie Westhus describes their surprise attack on Himmelstoss when he says, “Revenge is black pudding.” This quote is an example of a(n): • simile • personification • metaphor • paradox

Multiple Choice • When Paul addresses the earth in prayer fashion, he asks the earth to give the soldiers life. This literary technique is an example of: • personification • simile • metaphor • point of view

Multiple Choice • The soldiers trying to stay alive by taking cover in coffins is an example of: • dramatic irony • verbal irony • situational irony • comic relief

Multiple Choice • Kat wants to put the fair-headed recruit out of his misery because: • he’ll only live a few days • he’ll walk with a limp • he’ll be in excruciating pain until he dies • he has gotten claustrophobia and has become mad

Multiple Choice • When they are in battle, Paul says soldiers change and become: • fighting machines • wild beasts • courageous fools • cowardly lions

Multiple Choice • Paul and his friends make fun of all they learned in school because: • it is of no use to them • they don’t plan to attend college • it won’t help them in peacetime • it was all lies anyway

Multiple Choice • One of the symbols of comradeship in the novel is: • shared cigarettes • letters from home • Kemmerich’s boots • latrines

Multiple Choice • The new recruits die in great numbers because: • They are so young • They are so inexperienced • They are not well trained • They are scared and fearful

Multiple Choice • To protect their food in the trenches, the soldiers have to fight off: • Lice • Stray cats and dogs • Corpse rats • Each other

Multiple Choice • When Paul tells the French brunette girl that he is going home on leave, he is distressed because she: • Cries • Is indifferent • Pleads to go with him • Is very angry

Multiple Choice • Paul does not enjoy his time at home during his leave because: • He feels alienated from those who talk about the war • He feels uncomfortable in his civilian clothes and surroundings • He finds it hard to communicate his experiences and feelings • All of the above

Multiple Choice • “May I never come back if he did not die instantaneously,” lies Paul to comfort Franz Kemmerich’s mother. This foreshadows: • Paul’s ability to be a good liar • The outcome of the war • Muller’s death wearing Kemmerich’s boots • Paul’s death

Multiple Choice • Remarque develops the theme of universal brotherhood through: • Paul’s sympathy for the Russian prisoners • Paul’s horror at killing Gerard Duval • Paul’s schoolboy friendships • All of the above

Multiple Choice • Which of the following is not a theme of this novel? • The questioning of authority and traditional values • The horror and brutality of war • Nationalistic pride and patriotism • Men everywhere share a brotherhood

Matching • Wrote a letter describing the young men as “Iron Youth”: • Muller • Detering • Katczinsky • Himmelstoss • Kantorek

Matching • A farmer who decided to desert the army after seeing a cherry tree: • Muller • Detering • Katczinsky • Himmelstoss • Kantorek

Matching • Could locate food and identify any kind of shell fire: • Müller • Detering • Katczinsky • Himmelstoss • Kantorek

Matching • Eagerly wanted Kemmerich’s boots: • Müller • Detering • Katczinsky • Himmelstoss • Kantorek

Matching • Cowers in a dugout to avoid the shells of enemy fire: • Müller • Detering • Katczinsky • Himmelstoss • Kantorek

Matching • The first man who Paul killed at close range: • Tjaden • Kropp • Westhus • Duval • Behm

Matching • Went to the Catholic infirmary with Paul: • Tjaden • Kropp • Westhus • Duval • Behm

Matching • The soldier who said he would rather remain in the army than return to civilian life: • Tjaden • Kropp • Westhus • Duval • Behm

Matching • Gets Kemmerich’s boots after Paul dies: • Tjaden • Kropp • Westhus • Duval • Behm

Matching • A student who was pressured to enlist and the first of Paul’s schoolmates to be killed: • Tjaden • Kropp • Westhus • Duval • Behm

True or False • The novel gets its title from one of the poems Paul wrote.

True or False • Leer, who had been a farmer in peacetime, is particularly distressed by the cries of the wounded horses.

True or False • The night before they left for the front, Paul and his friends apologized to Himmelstoss for their insubordination.

True or False • Ginger, the cook, cheerfully distributes the surplus food to Paul’s company.

True or False • Peter is the only person known to return from the Dying Room.

True or False • Mittelstaedt, who has been promoted to company commander, enjoys taking out his revenge on Kantorek.

True or False • At the Catholic infirmary, the wounded men are all devoted to Sister Libertine and would do anything for her.

True or False • When Kat is wounded, Paul must regretfully abandon him on the battlefield.

True or False • Paul is killed on a very quiet day in October 1918, only one month before the end of the war.

Vocabulary: Multiple Choice • Kropp was sent to the _______ to have his leg amputated. • Mess tin • Dressing station • Latrine • barracks

Vocabulary: Multiple Choice • Tjaden filled his _______ with as many beans as possible. • Mess tin • Dressing station • Latrine • barracks

Vocabulary: Multiple Choice • The thick __________ pillows allowed the men to thoroughly rest. • banal • rations • eiderdown • mortor

Vocabulary: Multiple Choice • The Russians looked weak and _______ because they were given such a small amount to eat in the prison. • emaciated • fatuous • obtuse • aberration

Vocabulary: Multiple Choice • Many of the soldiers had nightmares of being haunted by _______ of their dead comrades. • aberration • apparitions • demented • armistice

Vocabulary: Multiple Choice • Thoughts of a(n) ________ caused the soldiers to think about returning to their families. • aberration • apparitions • demented • armistice

Vocabulary: Multiple Choice • James’ _______ talking landed him a detention after school. • obtuse • fatuous • banal • emaciated

Vocabulary: Multiple Choice • The _______ shells made huge holes in no man’s land. • latrine • demented • mortar • shrapnel

Vocabulary: Multiple Choice • As the trenches were bombarded with heavy artillery, the new recruits ran around as if they were ________! • obtuse • banal • demented • ration

All Quiet on the Western Front