Chapters 1-3:
DUE Friday, September 19th
Homework: Bring the written response to these two
questions on the day of your quiz. Answer the questions fully, thoughtfully and
with details from the story to demonstrate that you read. This assignment is
worth 25 points.
No late homework accepted!
1. In Medias Res: a narrative technique in which a
story opens in the middle or end rather than the beginning
Explain how you know All Quiet on the Western Front starts in medias res. What is the effect starting in medias res
have on the story?
2. Flashback: an interjected scene that takes the narrative back in time from the
current point in the story.
Find one flashback in these chapters and
include a quotation from it. Explain what happened in the flashback. What is
the reason the author would use flashbacks in this story?
Hint: for your quiz know who these characters
are: Paul, Kemmerich, Kantorek, Muller, Himmelstoss, and Katczinsky
All Quiet on the
Western Front Homework Questions
Chapter 3-5:
DUE Thursday, September 25th
Homework: Bring the written response to these two
questions on the day of your quiz. Answer the questions fully, thoughtfully and
with details from the story to demonstrate that you read. This assignment is
worth 25 points.
No late homework accepted!
1. After the bombardment in chapter 4, Paul and Kat
find the “young recruit” with a badly damaged hip. Explain the debate they have and what you
think the right action would be.
2. In the incident with Paul, Kat and the goose,
what does it show about their characters?
Pick a quotation, cite it correctly, and explain what it shows about one
of them.
All Quiet on the
Western Front Homework Questions
Chapter 6 - page 151:
DUE Block Day September 30th
Homework: Bring the written response to these two
questions on the day of your quiz. Answer the questions fully, thoughtfully and
with details from the story to demonstrate that you read. This assignment is
worth 25 points.
No late homework accepted!
1.
Protagonist:
the principal character in a
literary work (as a drama or story).
Antagonist: the person or thing that the protagonist
struggles against.
Who is the protagonist in this story? Who or what is the antagonist? Include a quotation that captures the
antagonist and explain why you selected that quotation.
2. Paul recalls a time when he and Kropp are
looking at poster with young man and woman on it. What were their thoughts and
feelings as they looked at the poster?
How were they different from Leer and Tjaden’s reaction? Why do you think they had such different
reactions to the same poster?
All Quiet on the
Western Front Homework Questions
Page 151 - chapter 8:
Homework: Bring the written response to these two
questions on the day of your quiz. Answer the questions fully, thoughtfully and
with details from the story to demonstrate that you read. This assignment is
worth 25 points.
No late homework accepted!
1. How does Paul’s classmate Mittelstaedt taunt and
humiliate Kantorek? Do you think this treatment of Kantorek is justified?
Explain.
2.
How does Paul
treat the Russian prisoners? Why does he
act this way? Include a quotation.
All Quiet on the
Western Front Homework Questions
Chapter 9-Page 255:
Due Block Day, October 14th or 15th
Homework: Bring the written response to these two
questions on the day of your quiz. Answer the questions fully, thoughtfully and
with details from the story to demonstrate that you read. This assignment is
worth 25 points.
No late homework accepted!
1. When Paul and his friends are guard the abandoned
village, what do they do while there?
Why do they take such risks while doing it? Include a quotation.
2. Why does Paul fall out of the train bed? What is he embarrassed about?
All Quiet on the
Western Front Homework Questions
Page 256-end of book (NOTE: BOOK ENDS ON PAGE
296, not 295)
DUE: Block Day, October 21st
Homework: Bring the written response to these two
questions on the day of your quiz. Answer the questions fully, thoughtfully and
with details from the story to demonstrate that you read. This assignment is
worth 25 points.
No late homework accepted!
1. Lewandowski’s wife comes to visit. How does this
visit go?
2. What happens to Detering? Why did he do this? Include a quotation.
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