Team Trivia: All Quiet on the Western Front
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What does the Cook prepare by mistake in chapter 1? TOO MUCH FOOD
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What is Kemmerich’s most prized possession? BOOTS
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Why does Paul give Kemmerich’s orderlies cigarettes? THEY WILL GIVE HIM MORPHINE
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What was Himmelstoss’ civilian job? POSTMAN
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What incident ended Himmelstoss’ authority over the boys? DUMPED THE LATRINE BUCKET
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What does Paul tell Kemmerich he is fortunate to have lost? ONLY HIS WATCH
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What was Kat’s job before the war? COBBLER
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What is the “charge at Lohne?” FALING FACE-FIRST IN A WET FIELD
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Detering feels that is if vile for war to use which animals? HORSES
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Who saves Paul during a gas attack? KAT
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How does Kat kill lice? BURINING THEM OVER A CANDLE
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Why is Himmelstoss transferred to the front? HE IS CAUGHT MISTREATING THE RECRUITS
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How does Tjaden react to Himmelstoss’ insistence that Tjaden obey him? HE ‘AIRS HIS BACKSIDE’
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What was Tjaden’s ‘problem’ in boot camp? HE WAS A BEDWETTER
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What does Paul say is a sure sign of a bombardment? RATS IN THE TRENCHES
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Which weapon had lost its importance? BAYONET
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As the war progresses, what is the bayonet replaced with? SPADE
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What cause the three new recruits to go crazy? THE BOMBARDMENT
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Why can’t the men find the one dying man left on the battlefield even though they can hear him crying? HE MUST BE LYING ON HIS BELLY; HIS CRIES SEEM TO COME FROM EVERY DIRECTION
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What does Haie suggest his girlfriend can use the driving band for? A GARTER
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Where do the rats grow fat? IN NO MAN’S LAND
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To what does Paul compare the new recruits? CHILDREN
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Why does Paul decide to make up with Himmelstoss? HE SAVED HAIE’S LIFE
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Name one of the two things a soldier needs for contentment. GOOD FOOD AND REST
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What do the soldiers marvel at on the poster? A GIRL AND A SAILOR
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Paul says that a man cannot be a soldier if he is not ___. SMUTTY
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What does Tjaden offer to bring the French girls? BREAD
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What did Paul collect? BUTTERFLIES
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What is Paul’s mother ill with? CANCER
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Whom does Paul anger while on leave? A MAJOR
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How did Paul try to escape from the memories of war but not succeed? READING BOOKS
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After Paul returned home, what new role did he find Kentorek serving as? A TERRITORIAL
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What does Paul’s mother give him before he leaves? POTATO CAKES
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What is beside Paul’s camp? A PRISON WITH RUSSIANS
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What does Paul give the Russian prisoners? SOME POTATO CAKES
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What does Paul discover about the Russians in comparison to himself? THEY ARE FARMHAND JUST LIKE IN HIS OWN COUNTRY
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What are the prisoners dying of? DYSENTERY
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What is Paul’s favorite food? POTATO CAKES
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What does Paul see in the trees when he returns to the front after his leave? SOLDIER’S BODIES
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Why is Paul upset about killing the Frenchman? HE HAD TO KILL HIM WITH HIS HANDS
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What does Paul learn about the Frenchman and himself during the long hours in the shell-hole? THAT THEY ARE THE SAME
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What is the Frenchman’s occupation? PRINTER; COMPOSITOR
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What was the Frenchman’s name? GERARD DUVAL
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Who or what discovers Paul’s and his friends’ cooking fire smoke? AN OBSERVATION PLANE
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When are Paul and Kropp shot? WHEN EVACUATING THE ABANDONED VILLAGE
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Why do Paul and Kropp fear the surgeons? THE SURGEONS FREQUENTLY AMPUTATE RATHER THAN TRY TO PATCH
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When at the hospital, what request does Paul make of the surgeon? NOT TO BE CHLOROFORMED
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How are Paul and Kropp placed in the same ward? THEY BRIBE THE SERGEANT-MAJOR WITH CIGARS
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How does Paul ‘persuade’ the nuns to close the door when they pray? HE THROWS A BOTTLE THROUGH THE DOORWAY AT THEM
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What is a ‘shooting license’? IT MEANS YOU ARE CRAZY
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T/F: The boys’ parents did not want them to enlist in the army. FALSE
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T/F: Paul disagrees with Kantorek that he and his friends are the ‘Iron Youth.’ TRUE
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T/F: Paul believes that the younger men have more to lose than the older men. TRUE
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T/F: Himmelstoss is happy that Paul jabbed him in the stomach during bayonet practice. FALSE
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T/F: The soldiers rarely eat turnips. FALSE
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T/F: Kat mercifully shoots the fair-haired boy with the injured hip. FALSE
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T/F: The food is more important than the ammunition. TRUE
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T/F: One recruit falls for every two ‘old soldiers.’ TRUE
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T/F: The small shells are more dangerous than the big ones. TRUE
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T/F: Himmelstoss treats the soldiers differently on the battlefield than he did in training. FALSE
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T/F: Paul and the brunette share tender farewell. FALSE
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T/F: Paul refuses to wear his uniform for his father to show off. TRUE
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T/F: Paul resents the attention that a nun shows him at the train station. FALSE
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T/F: Paul is glad when he is on leave because it eases his mother’s fears. FALSE
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T/F: Paul and his friends are not very impresses by the Kaiser when he visits. TRUE
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T/F: Paul bandages the French soldier so that he himself might not be shot. TRUE
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T/F: Guarding the supply dump was ‘pleasant duty.’ TRUE
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T/F: Paul doesn’t hesitate about getting into the clean hospital bed. FALSE
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T/F: Like all the other men who go to the Dying room, Peter never returns. FALSE
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T/F: Detering is court-martialed for insubordination. FALSE
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