1 Which of the following best describes the speaker? Someone who wishes he was a military authority Someone who hints at disliking military authority Someone who actively dislikes military authority A soldier 2 Who is being satirized in the poem? Soldiers Generals Majors War lovers 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 Segfred Sassoon Siegfried Sassoon Sigfried Sasson 5 What sentiment is expressed in the poem? Anti-war Hunger for power Pacifist War mongering 6 How many stanzas are in the poem? How many lines? 1, 10 1, 8 2, 10 2, 8 7 What is the poem's meter? Blank verse Free verse Iambic pentameter Iambic tetrameter 8 Finish this quote: "And when the war is done _____" and I am asleep in bed horrors fill my head and youth stone dead and the young are dead 9 What qualities does the speaker imagine embodying in the first lines? Guzzling and gulping Scarlet The ability to send soldiers up the lines Fierce, bald, and short of breath 10 What collection was this poem published in? The War Poems of Siegfried Sassoon Memoirs of an Infantry Officer Counter-Attack and Other Poems Sequences 11 What document led to Sassoon's treatment for shell shock? A Soldier's Letter A Soldier's Declaration A Soldier's Statement A Soldier's Sentiment 12 Which war does this poem allude to? World War One Franco-Prussian War World War Two Crimean War 13 Which of the following is NOT a theme? Celebration of Returning Soldiers The Inevitability of Death Anti-War Sentiment Satirizing Military Authority 14 Why are the majors referred to as scarlet? 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 The color possibly references the soldiers' uniforms and the responsibility the majors have for human life The color possibly references their overindulgence, their responsibilities, and the blood on their hands 15 Which quote best expresses the theme "The Inevitability of Death"? And when the war is done and youth stone dead, I'd live with scarlet Majors at the Base, And speed glum heroes up the line to death. 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 soldiers are stone dead The majors also die The majors drink wine 17 What is the double meaning of "base"? Beginning and guitar Organized and strong Bottom and wonderful Foundational and despicable 18 Why are the soldier's referred to as "glum heroes"? 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 They were drafted 19 Why did Sassoon receive a Military Cross? For bringing back a wounded soldier while under heavy fire For sacrificing himself He did not receive this award For refusing to cease fighting 20 Which fellow soldier-poet interceded on Sassoon's behalf when he sent his declaration? Rupert Brooke August Stramm Robert Graves Wilfred Owen 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 creates a steady rhythm reminiscent of marching It sounds like footsteps It sounds like a horse, reminiscent of a cavalry It has no impact 23 Which is not an example of alliteration? Guzzling and gulping in the best hotel my puffy petulant face, Yes, we've lost heavily in this last scrap. Reading the Roll of Honour 24 What is alliteration? the expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect. 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 25 What is the implication of the major's passing comments? That the majors also fought in battle That the majors are disillusioned by the death caused by war That the majors have been personally impacted by the war That the majors have no respect for the lives of the soldiers