These are questions for the first chapter of All Quiet on the Western Front. 1. From what point of view is the novel told? Why would the author choose this point of view?

2. What does the first line of the novel establish?

3. What happens after the men have spent thirteen days at the front?

4. What is the author’s MAIN purpose for including the character sketches on page three?

5. What are the three important qualities possessed by Katczinsky?

6. How does the author advance the plot in pages 1-4?

7. How does the food conflict get resolved?

8. What is the effect of the statement “Won’t you join up, Comrades?”

9. How would you describe Joseph Behm?

10. What lines on pgs. 6&7 could be used to illustrate the following themes?
A. horrors of war

B. loss of innocence

C. questioning of authority

D. comradeship/friendship

11. Where is Kemmerich?

12. What do Kemmerich’s friends do to help him? Why does Kropp go in with the orderly?

13. What literary term could be applied to Kantorek referring to them as “Iron Youth”? Why?

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