Q 01/05

What is Paul reaching for when a sniper kills him in the 1930 film All Quiet on the Western Front?

A) A photograph

B) A butterfly

C) A bird

D) A flower

Answer · why

B) A butterfly

A butterfly just beyond the trench draws Paul's hand over the sandbags, an ending the novel does not have. The 1979 TV version has him sketching a bir...

Q 02/05

Which belongings of the mortally wounded Franz Kemmerich does Müller covet in All Quiet on the Western Front?

A) His boots

B) His watch

C) His greatcoat

D) His rifle

Answer · why

A) His boots

His boots are English airman's boots of soft yellow leather, and they outlive one owner after another. Kemmerich's watch, by contrast, is stolen while...

Q 03/05

In All Quiet on the Western Front, Albert Kropp wants ministers and generals to fight with clubs, dressed in what?

A) Nightshirts

B) Dress uniforms

C) Bathing drawers

D) Suits of armour

Answer · why

C) Bathing drawers

Bathing drawers are the costume in Kropp's plan to turn a declaration of war into a public festival with tickets and bands, like a bullfight. Whoever ...

Q 04/05

What did Joseph Goebbels's rioters set loose in Berlin cinemas showing the 1930 film All Quiet on the Western Front?

A) Live snakes

B) Stray dogs

C) Wild pigeons

D) White mice

Answer · why

D) White mice

White mice ran loose while stink bombs and sneezing powder filled the air, and the riots worked. German authorities banned the film in response.

Q 05/05

Which document describes the day Paul Bäumer dies with the single sentence 'All Quiet on the Western Front'?

A) An army report

B) A newspaper headline

C) A telegram home

D) A field diary

Answer · why

A) An army report

An army report covering the whole line has no space for one soldier, which is the irony of the title. Paul falls in October 1918, only weeks before th...