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:

A. Russia

B. Italy

C. Belgium

D. 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:

A. crude

B. covetous

C. compassionate

D. insatiable

Multiple Choice

Erich Maria Remarque’s novel:A. demonstrates the heroism associated with war.

B. does not glorify war.

C. is told from the first person point of view (except for the last 2 paragraphs).

D. both B and C.

Multiple Choice

Paul says they have become a “wasteland” because:

A. they have had no chance at life before the war.

B. they have become “Iron Youth”.

C. they have lost their childhood.

D. A and C only.

Multiple Choice

Paul says the finest thing to arise out of war was:

A. heroism

B. glory

C. comradeship

D. girls

Multiple Choice

When Paul says of Kemmerich, “He is still and yet it is not he any longer,” he is expressing a:

A. apostrophe

B. simile

C. irony

D. paradox

Multiple Choice

Albert Kropp says, “the wrong people do the fighting.” According to Kropp, it should be:

A. teachers, like Kantorek, who encourage them to enlist.

B. generals and government ministers.

C. cruel and overbearing basic training instructors.

D. 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):

A. simile

B. personification

C. metaphor

D. 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:

A. personification

B. simile

C. metaphor

D. point of view

Multiple Choice

The soldiers trying to stay alive by taking cover in coffins is an example of:

A. dramatic irony

B. verbal irony

C. situational irony

D. comic relief

Multiple Choice

Kat wants to put the fair-headed recruit out of his misery because:

A. he’ll only live a few days

B. he’ll walk with a limp

C. he’ll be in excruciating pain until he dies

D. he has gotten claustrophobia and has become mad

Multiple Choice

When they are in battle, Paul says soldiers change and become:

A. fighting machines

B. wild beasts

C. courageous fools

D. cowardly lions

Multiple Choice

Paul and his friends make fun of all they learned in school because:

A. it is of no use to them

B. they don’t plan to attend college

C. it won’t help them in peacetime

D. it was all lies anyway

Multiple Choice

One of the symbols of comradeship in the novel is:

A. shared cigarettes

B. letters from home

C. Kemmerich’s boots

D. latrines

Multiple Choice

The new recruits die in great numbers because:

A. They are so young

B. They are so inexperienced

C. They are not well trained

D. They are scared and fearful

Multiple Choice

To protect their food in the trenches, the soldiers have to fight off:

A. Lice

B. Stray cats and dogs

C. Corpse rats

D. Each other

Multiple Choice

When Paul tells the French brunette girl that he is going home on leave, he is distressed because she:

A. Cries

B. Is indifferent

C. Pleads to go with him

D. Is very angry

Multiple Choice

Paul does not enjoy his time at home during his leave because:

A. He feels alienated from those who talk about the war

B. He feels uncomfortable in his civilian clothes and surroundings

C. He finds it hard to communicate his experiences and feelings

D. 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:

A. Paul’s ability to be a good liar

B. The outcome of the war

C. Muller’s death wearing Kemmerich’s boots

D. Paul’s death

Multiple Choice

Remarque develops the theme of universal brotherhood through:

A. Paul’s sympathy for the Russian prisoners

B. Paul’s horror at killing Gerard Duval

C. Paul’s schoolboy friendships

D. All of the above

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is not a theme of this novel?

A. The questioning of authority and traditional values

B. The horror and brutality of war

C. Nationalistic pride and patriotism

D. Men everywhere share a brotherhood

Matching

Wrote a letter describing the young men as “Iron Youth”:

A. Muller

B. Detering

C. Katczinsky

D. Himmelstoss

E. Kantorek

Matching

A farmer who decided to desert the army after seeing a cherry tree:

A. Muller

B. Detering

C. Katczinsky

D. Himmelstoss

E. Kantorek

Matching

Could locate food and identify any kind of shell fire:

A. Müller

B. Detering

C. Katczinsky

D. Himmelstoss

E. Kantorek

Matching

Eagerly wanted Kemmerich’s boots:A. Müller

B. Detering

C. Katczinsky

D. Himmelstoss

E. Kantorek

Matching

Cowers in a dugout to avoid the shells of enemy fire:

A. Müller

B. Detering

C. Katczinsky

D. Himmelstoss

E. Kantorek

Matching

The first man who Paul killed at close range:A. Tjaden

B. Kropp

C. Westhus

D. Duval

E. Behm

Matching

Went to the Catholic infirmary with Paul:A. Tjaden

B. Kropp

C. Westhus

D. Duval

E. Behm

Matching

The soldier who said he would rather remain in the army than return to civilian life:

A. Tjaden

B. Kropp

C. Westhus

D. Duval

E. Behm

Matching

Gets Kemmerich’s boots after Paul dies:A. Tjaden

B. Kropp

C. Westhus

D. Duval

E. Behm

Matching

A student who was pressured to enlist and the first of Paul’s schoolmates to be killed:

A. Tjaden

B. Kropp

C. Westhus

D. Duval

E. 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.

A. Mess tin

B. Dressing station

C. Latrine

D. barracks


Tjaden filled his _______ with as many beans as possible.

A. Mess tin

B. Dressing station

C. Latrine

D. barracks


The thick __________ pillows allowed the men to thoroughly rest.

A. banal

B. rations

C. eiderdown

D. mortor


The Russians looked weak and _______ because they were given such a small amount to eat in the prison.

A. emaciated

B. fatuous

C. obtuse

D. aberration


Many of the soldiers had nightmares of being haunted by _______ of their dead comrades.

A. aberration

B. apparitions

C. demented

D. armistice


Thoughts of a(n) ________ caused the soldiers to think about returning to their families.

A. aberration

B. apparitions

C. demented

D. armistice


James’ _______ talking landed him a detention after school.

A. obtuse

B. fatuous

C. banal

D. emaciated


The _______ shells made huge holes in no man’s land.

A. latrine

B. demented

C. mortar

D. shrapnel


As the trenches were bombarded with heavy artillery, the new recruits ran around as if they were ________!A. obtuse

B. banal

C. demented

D. ration


The _______ were a shared place of rumors and comradeship.

A. latrines

B. mess tins

C. dressing station

D. mortars

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