1 Which point(s) of view is/are used in the poem? Second and third-person Second-person First-person Third-person 2 Describe the speaker. The speaker is a soldier who experiences shell shock as a result of the bristling fire. The speaker is Sassoon himself. The speaker is a commanding officer. An unidentified speaker witnesses a battle taking place. The final plea to Jesus to stop the violence indicates that the speaker is either participating in the battle, or is speaking on behalf of the soldiers. 3 How many lines does the poem have? 11 14 13 12 4 What poetic form does "Attack" most closely resemble? Epic Sonnet Villanelle Sestina 5 What kinds of poems deal with morning and the departure of lovers? Sonnet Love poem Shakespeare Aubade 6 Describe the sunlight in the poem. Pale yellow, filtering Bright purple, glowing Strong and blinding Wild purple, glowering 7 Define "dun" The state of being finished Of a dull grayish-brown color. A bright green color A horse 8 What first emerges in the morning light? The ridge The tanks The soldiers The trench 9 Which is not an example of alliteration? Smouldering through spouts of drifting smoke that shroud The menacing scarred slope time ticks blank and busy The barrage roars and lifts 10 What is alliteration? The use of "like" or "as" to make a comparison. The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words The repetition of the sound of a vowel or diphthong in nonrhyming stressed syllables near enough to each other for the echo to be discernible A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable. 11 Why are the soldiers "clumsily bowed"? They have been crippled. They are deathly afraid. They are weighed down by gear. They bow to their superiors 12 What is a barrage? Soldiers' accommodations A concentrated artillery bombardment over a wide area A battlefield A place where military gear is stored 13 What does not get personified in the poem? The sunlight Hope The slope The mud 14 Which is example of personification? At dawn the ridge emerges massed and dun They leave their trenches, going over the top, Lines of grey, muttering faces, masked with fear, And hope, with furtive eyes and grappling fists, / Flounders in mud 15 What is personification? A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable. The attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form The occurrence of a poet humanizing someone. The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words 16 What is the form? Blank verse Free verse Iambic pentameter, with some exceptions in syllabic stress Strict iambic pentameter 17 Finish this quote: "While time ticks__" blank and busy on their wrists in their chests blank and brutal on their wrists meaninglessly 18 Who does the speaker plead to in the final line? God His commanders Jesus His mother 19 What is the tone? Pointed, Angry, Violent Eerie, Desperate, Violent Bitter, Tragic, Reflective Acerbic, Violent, Uncanny 20 Which detail best foreshadows the violence to come? The smoke smolders Men jostle and climb to The dawn light makes the ridge visible The scarred slope is menacing 21 Which of the following is used in the poem? Understatement Onomatopoeia Hyperbole Personification 22 Which collection was this poem published in? Collected Poems Counter-Attack and Other Poems The Old Huntsman The War Poems 23 How was the collection received? Well, though Sassoon was then hospitalized for shell shock Poorly, as the details were too grotesque Well, due to its truthful and harrowing accounts of World War I. Poorly, Sassoon was then hospitalized for shell shock 24 Which of the following is not a theme? Explicitly Criticizing the British Public Nature Anonymity The Horrors of Warfare 25 Which line best demonstrates the theme of Anonymity? Lines of grey, muttering faces, masked with fear, Smouldering through spouts of drifting smoke that shroud The menacing scarred slope; and, one by one, And hope, with furtive eyes and grappling fists
