1 Who is the speaker in "The Rear-Guard"? A dying soldier A soldier Definitely Sassoon himself An unidentified speaker who follows the progress of a soldier in an underground tunnel. 2 What collection was this poem published in? Counter-Attack and Other Poems Does it Matter? The Old Huntsman War Poems 3 What was the context for Sassoon writing "The Rear Guard"? He typed it up 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 He wrote it after the war 4 When was Counter-Attack and Other Poems published? 1918 1916 1917 1919 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? trench foot typhus fever dreams shell shock 7 How is the soldier's torch described? silent prying crying singing 8 Fill in this quote: "__ along the tunnel, step by step" Groping Tripping Running Walking 9 What does groping mean in this context? feel about or search blindly or uncertainly with the hands seeing abuse someone walking slowly 10 Finish this quote" "From side to side, and sniffed__" the bad quality air the unwholesome air. the heavy air the dank dark tunnel 11 What best characterizes the kinds of objects found down in the tunnel? Military Ancient Technological Domestic 12 What does Sassoon specify as the setting? No Man's Land The Hindenburg Line Verdun The Winterberg Tunnel 13 What is romanticized in the poem? The battle overhead The surrounding darkness 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? Sleep-deprived, desperate, isolated Angry, embittered, hungry 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 savagely kicks the figure He shouts in his face He asks again louder 17 What time of day is it in the poem? Night Midday Unspecified in the tunnel, but it is implied that it is nighttime in the world above Unspecified in the tunnel, but it is implied that it is dawn in the world above 18 What is in the soldier's hair? sweat and horror stink and grit sweat and terror resilience and courage 19 What is the poem's meter? Free verse Iambic pentameter Blank verse Iambic pentameter (sometimes interrupted) 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 rear during an offensive a part of a military force that protects it from attack from the front 21 Does the poem take place during an active battle? No 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 Yes 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? symbolic meaning attributed to natural objects or facts 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 a word, name, or expression used as a substitute for something else with which it is closely associated 24 When did the other soldier in the poem die? Months earlier Ten days before Hours earlier In ancient times 25 What does the soldier "unload" behind him at the end? isolation hell memories stress