| AQWF Vocabulary #2
31. Dissolution-disintegration, decomposition, and dispersion
32. Docile-easily managed, obedient, passive
33. Drone-speaking in a monotonous tone; a continuous low humming sound
34. Elated-very happy about something; having elevated spirits
35. Emaciated-very thin (usually as a result of starvation), wasting away
36. Equanimity-a calm temper; an even disposition
37. Expeditious-done with speed and efficiency
38. Fallible-capable of making an error
39. Fastidious- reflecting a meticulous or demanding attitude, critical
to an extreme
40. Fatuous-foolish, silly in an obnoxious way
41. Felling-cutting down or knocking down a tree
42. Ferocity-savagery
43. Flourish-to thrive, to grow well
44. Foreboding- premonition of evil, an ominous omen
45. Foremost-first in rank, time, place, or position
46. Fraudulent-deceitful; portrayed as genuine but is really an imposter
47. Furrow-to make wrinkles or grooves
48. Furtive-secret in an underhanded way, stealthy
49. Giddy-dizzy
50. Grievous-characterized by severe suffering or sorrow, serious or grave
51. Hideous-very ugly, offensive, and/or shocking
52. Humane- kind, compassionate, sympathetic, and considerate
53. Implacable- incapable of being appeased
54. Indefatigable-tireless, incapable of being fatigued
55. Indigent- very poor, impoverished
56. Indignation-anger as a result of something unjust
57. Induce-to bring on or to bring about
58. Insatiable-incapable of being satisfied
59. Irresolute-indecisive, unsure of how to proceed
60. Laconic-using a minimum of words; concise to the point of seeming
rude
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Set #1 Abyss-Disentangle
Abyss- bottomless hole
Acrid-caustic, bitter
Affable-friendly, courteous
Allure-to influence or sway
Angular-lean; sharp cornered; gaunt
Apathy- a lack of concern or feeling; indifference
Ascend- to move upward; to rise from a lower station
Authoritative- coming from the proper authority; dictatorial; conclusive
Automaton- a creature acting in a mechanical way with no indication of
intelligence
Banal- common, ordinary, lacking freshness, hackneyed
Baseness- the quality of lacking higher values
Bequeath- to hand down, to give or to leave in a will
Blanch- to take the color out of; , to bleach, to make white
Camouflage- concealment by means of disguise
Claustrophobia- fear of enclosed places
Cloister- to seclude or to confine
Conceit- expressively high opinion of one’s own worth or ability
Confound- to cause to become confused
Congeal- to solidify or to coagulate
Contempt- scorn, extreme dislike or disdain
Debauchery- moral corruption
Decorum- appropriate conduct, correct and proper behavior
Degeneration- a state of decline
Demented- insane
Despicable- very bad, contemptible
Destitution- state of being extremely poor, in extreme want
Deterrent- something that discourages or keeps something from happening
Dilation- expansion
Disconcerting- upsetting, frustrating
Disentangle- to unravel, extricate
All Quiet on the Western Front--Reading Questions Chapters 7-10
Chapter 7
1. How do Himmelstoss and the men reconcile? Gives them more food
2. Why do the soldiers forget about the front-line fighting when they
are behind the lines? Why do they only rest when they are behind the front?
pp138-139
3. What does Paul say will happen with memories of the front after the
war? Never go away; forever changed
4. Why is Paul unhappy after the evening with the women? Can’t reclaim
his innocence
5. Why does Paul cry when he arrives home? Why does he feel strange in
his own home? p 157
6. Why does Paul lie to his mother about the reality of war? She has
cancer; p 162
7. Why do the major and Paul conflict? Why does Paul change into
civilian clothes? p 162-163
8. Why can’t Paul talk to his father and the other older men about the
war? What does he realize about the people around him and their knowledge of
the war? pp 165-168
9. What is leave to Paul? p 179
10. What does Paul tell Kermmerich’s mother about her son’s death? Why
can’t he understand her anguish? p 180-181
11. Why does Paul regret coming home on leave? pp 172-173
Chapter 8
1. What does Paul think of the Russian prisoners? p 189-190
2. How do many of the Germans treat the Russians? How do they trade
with them? pp 190-191
3. How do the Russians differ from the Germans? p 192
4. Why does Paul not feel more sympathetic toward the Russian
prisoners? Why are these men his enemies? p193-194
5. What is Paul’s sole aim? p194
Chapter 9
1. How does Paul feel when he finds his friends? pp 200-201
2. According to the men, why does war exist? p 202-207
3. What is the difference between the volunteers and the drafted
soldiers? Why, do you suppose, is there a difference? Matter of choice; p 206
4. Why is Paul afraid while on patrol? What does friendship mean to
him? Bomb lands close to him; p212
5. What new fear holds Paul as he tries to get back to his friends? p212
(bottom)-213
6. What does Paul do when the French soldier stumbles into his shell
hole? Why doesn’t Paul then leave? p216; still too dangerous; perhaps out of
guilt or empathy.
7. Why does Paul think he must bandage the Frenchman’s wounds? What
does this hand-to-hand killing do to Paul? p220; 216-225
8. What does he say and realize in his madness? What does he promise
when he is calmer? p 223 and or 226
9. What does Paul think about his experience after he is safe? p-228- 229
Chapter 10
1. Where are the men stationed? Why do they set up an idyll of eating
and sleeping? Abandoned village that was heavily bombed and watch the supply
dump
2. How do they guard the supplies? What do they take back to the front
with them? p 231;
3. What happens to Paul when the bombing begins? How are Paul and Kropp
able to save themselves? he drops to one knee with the pan and pancakes; p
238-239
4. How do Kropp and Paul manage to stay together? Both injured and sent
to a hospital where Paul bribes the sergeant-major with cigars p242
5. Why are the hospital patients angry at being awakened in the
morning? How do the men get the door shut? Nun’s praying (morning
devotions); throws a bottle
6. What is the Dying Room? pp258-259
7. What happens to Albert? Leg is amputated from the thigh down.
8. What does Paul think of the world as he views the wounded? How does
he view himself and his generation? pp263-264
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