All Quiet on the Western Front

Chapter 4

1. How does arrival at the front affect the soldier’s physical appearance?

2. What symbolism does the earth have on the soldier?

3. What allows man to survive?

4. What must be done on a wiring fatigue?

5. What does the cry of the wounded horses represent?

6. What is ironic about using the cemetery for cover?

7. What will gas do to a person?

8. Where does gas linger?

9. What happens to the corpses in the cemetery?

10. What do Kat and Paul nearly do to the recruit with the hip wound? Why?

11. Why does Paul Say the rain falls in their hearts?

Chapter 5

1. How do the men kill lice?

2. What does Himmelstoss expect from the group of men?

3. Why does Himmelstoss want to have Tjaden court-martialled?

4. What is the status of Paul’s class?

5. What does school have to do with their lives now?

6. What will the men’s lives be like when they return to society?

7. How does Kropp infuriate Himmelstoss?

8. What types of arrest are used in the German army?

9. What is the similarity between Kat and Paul’s goose escapade and the war?

10. Why do the save the goose feathers?

11. What is ever-present in the men’s lives?

12. What special feeling does Paul have for Kat?