Characters
Who has an amputated leg?
Who is Franz Kemmerich?
"And so it would seem. We had yet taken no root. The war swept us away."
What is personification? (Page 20)
Renunciation
What is a rejection of something? (Seen on page 22)
"They have amputated my leg."
Who is Franz Kemmerich? (page 27)
What character is the training officer of the ninth platoon? He is known to be a disciplinarian.
Who is Corporal Himmelstoss? (This is shown on page 23)
"Kemmerich's face changes color, it lifts from the pillow and is so pale that it gleams."
What is a hyperbole? (Page 29)
Gangrene
What is the death of bodily tissue? (Seen on page 29)
"Mind how you speak to a non-commissioned officer! Have you lost your senses? You wait till you're spoken to. What will you do, anyway?"
Who is Corporal Himmelstoss? (Page 25)
Name one of the three soldiers Corporal Himmelstoss disliked especially.
Who is Kropp, Tjaden, or Westhus? (This is seen on page 23)
"I have kneaded a pair of prehistoric boots that were hard as iron for twenty hours."
What is a simile or personification? (Page 23)
Breeches
What are short trousers? (Seen on page 29)
"Don't talk rubbish; Franz, in a couple of days you'll see for yourself. What is it anyway - an amputated leg? Here they patch up far worse things than that."
Who is Paul Baumer? (page 27)
Who calls Kropp, Muller, Paul Baumer, and Leer the "Iron Youth?"
Who is Kantorek? (Seen on page 19)
"His lips have fallen away, his mouth has become larger, his teeth stick out and look as though they were made of chalk."
What is personification? (Page 28)
Stickle-backs
What is a type of small fish? (Seen on page 30)
"That's the result of the operation. Just eat decently and you'll soon be well again. Do they look after you properly?"
Who is Paul Baumer? (Page 28)
Who gets yelled at by Corporal Himmelstoss after speaking up in this chapter.
Who is Albert Kropp? (This happens on page 25)
"Kantorek would say that we stood on the threshold of life."
What is a hyperbole or metaphor? (Page 20)
Pettifogging
What is an unimportant thought or belief? (Seen on page 22)
"There'll be an inquiry first, and then we'll unload."