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