1 Which of the following best describes the speaker? Someone who wishes he was a military authority A soldier Someone who hints at disliking military authority Someone who actively dislikes military authority 2 Who is being satirized in the poem? Generals War lovers Majors Soldiers 3 What is satirization? the use of bitterness 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 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 4 What is the poet's name? Siegfried Sassoon Segfred Sassoon Alfred Sassoon Sigfried Sasson 5 What sentiment is expressed in the poem? Anti-war Hunger for power War mongering Pacifist 6 How many stanzas are in the poem? How many lines? 1, 8 2, 10 2, 8 1, 10 7 What is the poem's meter? Iambic pentameter Free verse Iambic tetrameter Blank verse 8 Finish this quote: "And when the war is done _____" horrors fill my head and I am asleep in bed and youth stone dead and the young are dead 9 What qualities does the speaker imagine embodying in the first lines? Guzzling and gulping The ability to send soldiers up the lines Fierce, bald, and short of breath Scarlet 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 Statement A Soldier's Declaration A Soldier's Sentiment A Soldier's Letter 12 Which war does this poem allude to? World War Two Franco-Prussian War Crimean War World War One 13 Which of the following is NOT a theme? Celebration of Returning Soldiers Satirizing Military Authority Anti-War Sentiment The Inevitability of Death 14 Why are the majors referred to as scarlet? 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 The color references their taste for red wine, compared to the thirst and starvation experienced by the soldiers The color possibly references their uniforms, their overindulgence, and the blood on their hands 15 Which quote best expresses the theme "The Inevitability of Death"? And speed glum heroes up the line to death. And when the war is done and youth stone dead, I'd live with scarlet Majors at the Base, I'd toddle safely home and die—in bed. 16 What is the final twist at the end of the poem? The majors drink wine The majors also die The soldiers are stone dead The soldiers return home 17 What is the double meaning of "base"? Organized and strong Bottom and wonderful Foundational and despicable Beginning and guitar 18 Why are the soldier's referred to as "glum heroes"? They are unwilling to fight They were drafted Unspecified, but presumably because they have meager rations Unspecified, but presumably because they have already experienced or heard about the horrors of war 19 Why did Sassoon receive a Military Cross? He did not receive this award For sacrificing himself For refusing to cease fighting For bringing back a wounded soldier while under heavy fire 20 Which fellow soldier-poet interceded on Sassoon's behalf when he sent his declaration? Wilfred Owen Robert Graves Rupert Brooke August Stramm 21 Which line disrupts the pattern of iambic pentameter? Yes, we've lost heavily in this last scrap." And speed glum heroes up the line to death I'd say—"I used to know his father well; Guzzling and gulping in the best hotel 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 has no impact It sounds like footsteps 23 Which is not an example of alliteration? Yes, we've lost heavily in this last scrap. Reading the Roll of Honour my puffy petulant face, Guzzling and gulping in the best hotel 24 What is alliteration? the expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect. repeating, sonic units (of a word, syllable, or line) have or end with a sound that corresponds to another the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words 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 also fought in battle That the majors have no respect for the lives of the soldiers