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