All Quiet on the Western Front Questions and Answers
What page is the following quote on? “We are not youth any longer. We don’t want to take the world by storm. We are fleeing. We fly from ourselves. From our life. We were eighteen and had begun to love life and the world; and we had to shoot it to pieces.”
significance of quote “We are forlorn like children, and experienced like old men, we are crude and sorrowful and superficial—I believe we are lost” (p.123) - what is the significance of this quote in Chaper 6?
In All Quiet on the Western Front, why does Paul try to save the life of the French soldier whom he has just mortally wounded?
Which advancements in science and technology during World War I were depicted in the battle scenes in the movie All Quiet on the Western Front?
How does Paul die?
What are examples of literary devices in Chapter 8 and 9 in All Quiet on the Western Front?
What are examples of similes and metaphors in All Quiet on the Western Front?
How was Himmelstoss received when he arrived at the front?
Why did the students join the army in All Quiet on the Western Front?
What does Kropp mean when he says of himself and his classmates, "The war has ruined us for everything"? in All Quiet on the Western Front
In All Quiet on the Western Front, what are the "iron youth"?
What does the chapter 3 quote, "Give 'em all the same grub...done in a day," mean?
"I am young, I am twenty years old; yet I know nothing of life but despair, death, fear, and fatuous superficiality cast over an abyss of sorrow." Paul can hardly be blamed for his negative outlook on life. Thankfully, many of us know nothing of war and therefore have a better outlook on life. What could be featured in a paragraph describing what you know of life at your young age?
Why does Kat say "we are losing the war because we can salute too well"?
What happened to Kemmerich's boots and how do the doctors react to his condition?
What are examples of metaphors and similes in chapter 3 in All Quiet on the Western Front?
What is ironic, or dramatically unexpected, about the ending of All Quiet on the Western Front?
In All Quiet on the Western Front, what are some examples of syntax, diction, and tone?
Describe what happens to each of Paul Baumer's friends in All Quiet on the Western Front?
Explain the attitude of this novel towards World War I and all wars. Do you agree or disagree with the author? Why or why not? The novel is All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque.
What are three quotes from chapter 6 of All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque and why they are important?
In All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque, what does Paul think is the best thing to come out of the war?
What are some of the literary devices used in Chapter 4 of Erich Maria Remarque's novel All Quiet on the Western Front?
Where is personification in All Quiet on the Western Front?
What are three quotes from chapter 2 of All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque and why they are important?
What incidents and metaphor in chapter 11 of All Quiet on the Western Front show that the men's nerves are frayed?
In All Quiet on the Western Front, what dreams do the various members of the group have about going home?
What is the author's purpose in writing All Quiet on the Western Front?
What are examples of similes and metaphors in chapter 4 of Erich Maria Remarque's novel All Quiet on the Western Front?
What are three quotes from chapter 1 of All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque and why they are important?
What are three quotes from chapter 4 of All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque and why they are important?
"I merely crawl still farther under the coffin, it shall protect me, though Death himself lies in it." What is the significance of this quote in Chapter 4?
How does the schoolmaster Kantorek refer to his former students in All Quiet on the Western Front? Why do Paul and Kropp scoff at the term Kantorek uses?
In chapter 11 of All Quiet on the Western Front, what happened to Detering?
Paraphrase of Paul's daydream in Chapter 6? In chapter 6, Paul daydreams about his home. What specific things does he recall in his day-dream? What is the significance of Paul's daydream? Write a paraphrase of the passage. That is, restate Paul's ideas in your own words. In your paraphrase use third person.
What are some of the literary devices used in chapter 11 of All Quiet on the Western Front?
What are examples of three different types of literary devices in chapters 10, 11, and 12 of All Quiet on the Western Front?
How did Haie Westhus die?
How do the men feel about Corporal Himmelstoss in All Quiet on the Western Front?
When Paul reflects on his childhood experiences in chapter #6, do these memories awaken happy feelings or sorrowful feelings in All Quiet on the Western Front?
In Chapter 4 of Erich Maria Remarque's novel All Quiet on the Western Front, one paragraph begins as follows: "Beside us lies a fair-headed recruit in utter terror." What is the significance of this full paragraph within the larger context of Chapter 4?
Why does Paul refuse to be chloroformed after his injury in All Quiet on the Western Front?
Looking for quotes on disconnectedness, dehumanization, alienation, and dislocation in chapter 7.
From which chapter of All Quiet on the Western Front is this quote and what is its significance? “ My heart beats fast: this is the aim…that I have looked for as the only possibility of existence after this annihilation of all human feeling; this is a task that will make life afterward worthy of these hideous years”
In All Quiet on the Western Front, how does Mittelstaedt taunt and humiliate Kantorek and is it justified?
All Quiet on the Western Front “I breathe deeply and say over to myself: "You are at home; you are at home." But a sense of strangeness will not leave me, I can find nothing of myself in all these things. There is my mother, there is my sister, there is my case of butterflies, and there is the mahogany piano – but I am not myself there. There is a distance, a veil between us.” (160) Where does this veil come from? If Paul were able to spend more time at home, do you think this strangeness would ever leave him? Or do you think he will forever be lost?
Describe Paul Baumer's characterization in chapter 1 of the other characters in All Quiet on the Western Front. Indirectly, what does it tell us about Paul?
In the opening scene of All Quiet on the Western Front, why does Paul's company have extra food to eat?
What are Paul’s experiences in the hospital in Chapter 10 of All Quiet on the Western Front?
What are literary devices in chapter 5 of All Quiet on the Western Front?
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