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