1 Which of the following best describes the speaker? Someone who wishes he was a military authority Someone who actively dislikes military authority A soldier Someone who hints at disliking military authority 2 Who is being satirized in the poem? War lovers Majors Soldiers Generals 3 What is satirization? the use of bitterness to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of personal issues the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of personal issues the use of bitterness to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues 4 What is the poet's name? Segfred Sassoon Sigfried Sasson Alfred Sassoon Siegfried Sassoon 5 What sentiment is expressed in the poem? Anti-war Pacifist Hunger for power War mongering 6 How many stanzas are in the poem? How many lines? 1, 8 2, 10 2, 8 1, 10 7 What is the poem's meter? Free verse Blank verse Iambic tetrameter Iambic pentameter 8 Finish this quote: "And when the war is done _____" and youth stone dead and the young are dead horrors fill my head and I am asleep in bed 9 What qualities does the speaker imagine embodying in the first lines? Scarlet Guzzling and gulping Fierce, bald, and short of breath The ability to send soldiers up the lines 10 What collection was this poem published in? Sequences Counter-Attack and Other Poems Memoirs of an Infantry Officer The War Poems of Siegfried Sassoon 11 What document led to Sassoon's treatment for shell shock? A Soldier's Declaration A Soldier's Statement A Soldier's Letter A Soldier's Sentiment 12 Which war does this poem allude to? Franco-Prussian War World War Two Crimean War World War One 13 Which of the following is NOT a theme? The Inevitability of Death Celebration of Returning Soldiers Anti-War Sentiment Satirizing Military Authority 14 Why are the majors referred to as scarlet? The color possibly references their overindulgence, their responsibilities, and the blood on their hands The color possibly references the soldiers' uniforms and the responsibility the majors have for human life The color possibly references their uniforms, their overindulgence, and the blood on their hands The color references their taste for red wine, compared to the thirst and starvation experienced by the soldiers 15 Which quote best expresses the theme "The Inevitability of Death"? I'd toddle safely home and die—in bed. I'd live with scarlet Majors at the Base, And speed glum heroes up the line to death. And when the war is done and youth stone dead, 16 What is the final twist at the end of the poem? The majors also die The majors drink wine The soldiers return home The soldiers are stone dead 17 What is the double meaning of "base"? Organized and strong Beginning and guitar Bottom and wonderful Foundational and despicable 18 Why are the soldier's referred to as "glum heroes"? They were drafted Unspecified, but presumably because they have meager rations They are unwilling to fight Unspecified, but presumably because they have already experienced or heard about the horrors of war 19 Why did Sassoon receive a Military Cross? For refusing to cease fighting For bringing back a wounded soldier while under heavy fire He did not receive this award For sacrificing himself 20 Which fellow soldier-poet interceded on Sassoon's behalf when he sent his declaration? Rupert Brooke August Stramm Wilfred Owen Robert Graves 21 Which line disrupts the pattern of iambic pentameter? And speed glum heroes up the line to death Guzzling and gulping in the best hotel Yes, we've lost heavily in this last scrap." I'd say—"I used to know his father well; 22 What effect does iambic pentameter have in the poem? It sounds like a horse, reminiscent of a cavalry It creates a steady rhythm reminiscent of marching It has no impact It sounds like footsteps 23 Which is not an example of alliteration? my puffy petulant face, Reading the Roll of Honour Guzzling and gulping in the best hotel Yes, we've lost heavily in this last scrap. 24 What is alliteration? the expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect. (of a word, syllable, or line) have or end with a sound that corresponds to another repeating, sonic units the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words 25 What is the implication of the major's passing comments? That the majors are disillusioned by the death caused by war That the majors have no respect for the lives of the soldiers That the majors have been personally impacted by the war That the majors also fought in battle
