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