AQOTWF Chapter 1-5 Review

How did Kantorek, the schoolmaster influence Paul and his classmates?

• Encouraged them to become Lieutenants

• Told them they would make money if they fought in the war

• Gave them a sense of nationalism and encouraged them to join the army

• Wanted them to make a name for themselves.

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Why did Paul feel that Kantorek betrayed them?

• He didn’t tell them of the awful realities of death that they would face

• He did not tell them that the war would not pay for college

• He told them that they would get paid for their service.

• Kantorek told them the haricot beans were gourmet.

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What was Kemmerich’s condition when Paul and his friends visited him at the dressing station?

• He had his left foot amputated for stepping on a landmine.

• He had his right arm amputated after being injured when playing catch with grenades.

• He had a nose job, he felt unattractive

• He had his leg amputated and was dying at the dressing station

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How did the harsh training that the young recruits received help prepare them for life in the trenches? 

• It made them tough and suspicious of others and they learned to depend on each other

• It made them prepared for eating beans

• Made them more patriotic

• They learned how to decipher the enemy from anyone on the field.

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How did Kat compare a man’s nature to a dog’s in order to illustrate his opinion of the abuses of army authority?

• He stated that they both prompt the soldier to urinate outside.

• He compares it the dog's instinct to snap at meat. The more they have the more they want.

• He compares it to how dogs are good at detecting fear

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How did Paul and some of his friends get back at Himmelstoss the night before they left for the front? 

• They put an adhesive on his toothbrush

• They put fleas in his bed

• They ambushed him and beat him.  

• They posted pics on Instagram of him using the latrine.

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How did Paul illustrate the truth of his statement that “To no man does the earth mean so much as to the soldier”?

• The earth was a good place to live.

• The earth served as a place of refuge.

• The earth kept them warm at night.

• Soldiers were trained on how to preserve the planet.

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Why was Himmelstoss’s superior rank and authority less effective at the front than it was in training camp?

• Because he was not tall enough to reach the trench tops

• Because at the Front Line, staying alive was more important than rank

• Because the main corporal did not care for Himmelstoss.

• Because he was transferred for bad behavior

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What did Paul and his friends agree was the “common fate of their generation”?

• They will all return home and become Bobbies around town.

• They will all return home as war heroes

• they would return home lost because they no longer had enthusiasm for life

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Why did Detering want to shoot the horses?

• He despises them from his time on the farm

• He wants to cook them and eat them

• He wants to put them out of their misery

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