1 Who is the speaker in "The Rear-Guard"? Definitely Sassoon himself A dying soldier A soldier An unidentified speaker who follows the progress of a soldier in an underground tunnel. 2 What collection was this poem published in? Does it Matter? Counter-Attack and Other Poems War Poems The Old Huntsman 3 What was the context for Sassoon writing "The Rear Guard"? He wrote it after the war He wrote it by hand while fighting in the trenches He typed it up after the war He wrote it by hand in a diary as he recovered from wounds sustained in battle 4 When was Counter-Attack and Other Poems published? 1918 1919 1916 1917 5 Which of the following is not a theme in the poem? The Trauma of War Hell Dehumanization Criticizing Military Authority 6 What condition which Sassoon himself experienced is suggested in the poem? trench foot typhus shell shock fever dreams 7 How is the soldier's torch described? silent singing prying crying 8 Fill in this quote: "__ along the tunnel, step by step" Running Groping Tripping Walking 9 What does groping mean in this context? feel about or search blindly or uncertainly with the hands abuse someone seeing walking slowly 10 Finish this quote" "From side to side, and sniffed__" the dank dark tunnel the bad quality air the unwholesome air. the heavy air 11 What best characterizes the kinds of objects found down in the tunnel? Ancient Technological Military Domestic 12 What does Sassoon specify as the setting? No Man's Land The Winterberg Tunnel The Hindenburg Line Verdun 13 What is romanticized in the poem? The surrounding darkness The battle overhead The soldier's wife Sleep and dreams 14 In what year does Sassoon specify the poem taking place? 1918 1917 1916 1920 15 Which best characterizes the soldier's condition? Angry, embittered, hungry Sleep-deprived, desperate, isolated Sleep-deprived, wishful, fanciful Shell-shocked, hungry, sleepy 16 How does the soldier respond when the sleeping figure doesn't answer him? He shakes the sleeper's arm He asks again louder He savagely kicks the figure He shouts in his face 17 What time of day is it in the poem? Midday Unspecified in the tunnel, but it is implied that it is dawn in the world above Night Unspecified in the tunnel, but it is implied that it is nighttime in the world above 18 What is in the soldier's hair? resilience and courage sweat and terror sweat and horror stink and grit 19 What is the poem's meter? Iambic pentameter Free verse Blank verse Iambic pentameter (sometimes interrupted) 20 What is a rear guard? a part of a military force that protects it from attack from the rear during an offensive a part of a military force that protects it from attack from the rear a part of a military force that protects it from attack from the front a part of a military force that protects the last line of soldiers 21 Does the poem take place during an active battle? No Yes The poem takes place in a tunnel below an active battle It is during war time, but there is no active battle in the tunnel 22 Which contains an example of alliteration? “Get up and guide me through this stinking place.” The rosy gloom of battle overhead. Tins, boxes, bottles, shapes and too vague to know; Tripping, he grabbed the wall 23 What is alliteration? symbolic meaning attributed to natural objects or facts a word, name, or expression used as a substitute for something else with which it is closely associated 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 the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words 24 When did the other soldier in the poem die? Ten days before Months earlier In ancient times Hours earlier 25 What does the soldier "unload" behind him at the end? isolation memories hell stress