Baumer paints a grim, sadistic picture of Corporal Himmelstoss, yet credits the training period under him with supplying the recruits …

Paul’s descriptions of the Russian prisoners of war show evidence of compassion. How have Paul’s attitudes towards the enemy changed …

When Paul is caught in a trench with a soldier from the other side, he wants to help the man’s …

Paul muses: We were eighteen and had begun to love life and the world; and we had to shoot it …

Kantorek the schoolmaster convinced Paul Bäumer and all his schoolmates to enlist, but Paul’s actual wartime experiences prove to be …

What point has been reached in the war in the Fall of 1918? Why does Paul get a fourteen day …

What is the central action in this chapter?  What happens to the German army? What happens to Muller, Bertinck, Leer, …

What is the Dying Room?  Who returns from the Dying Room? Why do the men try to discourage the two …

How does the troop manage to live well for a few days? What happens to Paul when he returns to …

How do the men prepare for the Kaiser’s visit?  Who is the Kaiser? The men have a discussion about who …