Context & Writer's Techniques (AQA A-Level English Literature A): Quizzes
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In which year was All Quiet on the Western Front published during Germany's Weimar Republic?
In which year was All Quiet on the Western Front published during Germany's Weimar Republic?
1929
What did the Nazi regime do to All Quiet on the Western Front in 1933?
What did the Nazi regime do to All Quiet on the Western Front in 1933?
Burned copies of the book
The 'Lost Generation' refers to young people whose what was destroyed by the war?
The 'Lost Generation' refers to young people whose what was destroyed by the war?
Identities and futures
How old is protagonist Paul Bäumer when he enlists as a student?
How old is protagonist Paul Bäumer when he enlists as a student?
Eighteen years old
What narrative perspective and tense does Remarque use throughout the novel?
What narrative perspective and tense does Remarque use throughout the novel?
First-person present tense
Remarque's prose style is characterised by what kind of sentences and vocabulary?
Remarque's prose style is characterised by what kind of sentences and vocabulary?
Short sentences & straightforward words
What do boots passing from soldier to soldier symbolise in the novel?
What do boots passing from soldier to soldier symbolise in the novel?
Dehumanisation and disposability
The earth symbolises both protection for soldiers and what else paradoxically?
The earth symbolises both protection for soldiers and what else paradoxically?
Their grave
What type of structure does the novel use rather than traditional rising action?
What type of structure does the novel use rather than traditional rising action?
Cyclical episodic repetition
How is Paul's death in October 1918 described in the novel's ending?
How is Paul's death in October 1918 described in the novel's ending?
Anti-climactic without heroism