1 Which of the following best describes the speaker? Someone who hints at disliking military authority A soldier Someone who wishes he was a military authority Someone who actively dislikes military authority 2 Who is being satirized in the poem? Majors Soldiers War lovers Generals 3 What is satirization? the use of bitterness 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 humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule 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? Segfred Sassoon Siegfried Sassoon Sigfried Sasson Alfred Sassoon 5 What sentiment is expressed in the poem? War mongering Hunger for power Anti-war Pacifist 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? Free verse Iambic pentameter Blank verse Iambic tetrameter 8 Finish this quote: "And when the war is done _____" and I am asleep in bed and youth stone dead and the young are dead horrors fill my head 9 What qualities does the speaker imagine embodying in the first lines? Scarlet Fierce, bald, and short of breath Guzzling and gulping The ability to send soldiers up the lines 10 What collection was this poem published in? Sequences Counter-Attack and Other Poems Memoirs of an Infantry Officer The War Poems of Siegfried Sassoon 11 What document led to Sassoon's treatment for shell shock? A Soldier's Sentiment A Soldier's Declaration A Soldier's Letter A Soldier's Statement 12 Which war does this poem allude to? World War One Crimean War Franco-Prussian War World War Two 13 Which of the following is NOT a theme? The Inevitability of Death Satirizing Military Authority Celebration of Returning Soldiers Anti-War Sentiment 14 Why are the majors referred to as scarlet? The color possibly references their overindulgence, their responsibilities, and the blood on their hands The color possibly references the soldiers' uniforms and the responsibility the majors have for human life 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 15 Which quote best expresses the theme "The Inevitability of Death"? I'd live with scarlet Majors at the Base, And speed glum heroes up the line to death. And when the war is done and youth stone dead, 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 Foundational and despicable Bottom and wonderful Organized and strong 18 Why are the soldier's referred to as "glum heroes"? Unspecified, but presumably because they have already experienced or heard about the horrors of war Unspecified, but presumably because they have meager rations They were drafted They are unwilling to fight 19 Why did Sassoon receive a Military Cross? For bringing back a wounded soldier while under heavy fire He did not receive this award For sacrificing himself For refusing to cease fighting 20 Which fellow soldier-poet interceded on Sassoon's behalf when he sent his declaration? Wilfred Owen Rupert Brooke August Stramm Robert Graves 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 I'd say—"I used to know his father well; Yes, we've lost heavily in this last scrap." 22 What effect does iambic pentameter have in the poem? It sounds like a horse, reminiscent of a cavalry It creates a steady rhythm reminiscent of marching It sounds like footsteps 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? (of a word, syllable, or line) have or end with a sound that corresponds to another repeating, sonic units the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words the expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect. 25 What is the implication of the major's passing comments? That the majors have been personally impacted by the war That the majors are disillusioned by the death caused by war That the majors have no respect for the lives of the soldiers That the majors also fought in battle