You’d think the story begins in glory, but it actually begins in a full stomach and the smell of death. This All Quiet On The Western Front Chap 1 Quiz will test your knowledge of Paul and his classmates being sent into the trenches by their schoolmaster’s empty rhetoric. See if you can remember the details of their first meeting with the reality of war.
AQOTWF Chapter 1 Quiz Questions
- How does Paul feel when visiting Kemmerich?
- What does the narrator say about Kantorek, their schoolteacher?
- What word does Paul use to describe Kantorek’s patriotic speeches?
- What nickname do the soldiers give Kantorek?
- How do the soldiers feel about being called “The Iron Youth”?
- Who is Stanislaus Katczinsky known as?
- What is Katczinsky especially good at finding?
- Who was the first of Paul’s classmates to die in the war?
- How did Joseph Behm die?
- Why does Behm’s death upset the soldiers so much?
- What does Paul realize about authority figures like Kantorek?
- How do the soldiers deal with their fear and trauma?
- What does Paul say war has done to their youth?
- What comforts the soldiers most at the front?
- What does Paul think separates soldiers from civilians?
- Why is Kemmerich’s death symbolic early in the novel?
- How do the soldiers view death in Chapter 1?
- What tone does Remarque establish through Paul’s narration?
- What central theme is introduced in Chapter 1?
- Who is the narrator of All Quiet on the Western Front?
- What has just happened to the soldiers at the beginning of Chapter 1?
- Why are the soldiers given double rations of food and cigarettes?
- What is the cook’s name in Chapter 1?
- Why does Ginger refuse to give out extra food at first?
- How many men are left alive from the company of 150?
- What is the soldiers’ reaction to the extra food?
- Who is in the hospital with a leg injury?
- What injury does Kemmerich have?
- What item does Müller want from Kemmerich?
- Why does Müller ask for Kemmerich’s boots?