1 Which of the following best describes the speaker? Someone who actively dislikes military authority A soldier Someone who wishes he was a military authority Someone who hints at disliking military authority 2 Who is being satirized in the poem? Majors Generals Soldiers War lovers 3 What is satirization? 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 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? Alfred Sassoon Siegfried Sassoon Sigfried Sasson Segfred Sassoon 5 What sentiment is expressed in the poem? Pacifist War mongering Anti-war Hunger for power 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? Iambic pentameter Blank verse Free verse Iambic tetrameter 8 Finish this quote: "And when the war is done _____" and the young are dead and youth stone dead and I am asleep in bed horrors fill my head 9 What qualities does the speaker imagine embodying in the first lines? The ability to send soldiers up the lines Guzzling and gulping Fierce, bald, and short of breath Scarlet 10 What collection was this poem published in? Sequences Counter-Attack and Other Poems The War Poems of Siegfried Sassoon Memoirs of an Infantry Officer 11 What document led to Sassoon's treatment for shell shock? A Soldier's Declaration A Soldier's Statement A Soldier's Sentiment A Soldier's Letter 12 Which war does this poem allude to? Franco-Prussian War World War One Crimean 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, I'd toddle safely home and die—in bed. And when the war is done and youth stone dead, And speed glum heroes up the line to death. 16 What is the final twist at the end of the poem? The soldiers return home The majors drink wine The majors also die The soldiers are stone dead 17 What is the double meaning of "base"? Bottom and wonderful Foundational and despicable Beginning and guitar Organized and strong 18 Why are the soldier's referred to as "glum heroes"? They were drafted Unspecified, but presumably because they have already experienced or heard about the horrors of war Unspecified, but presumably because they have meager rations They are unwilling to fight 19 Why did Sassoon receive a Military Cross? He did not receive this award For sacrificing himself For bringing back a wounded soldier while under heavy fire For refusing to cease fighting 20 Which fellow soldier-poet interceded on Sassoon's behalf when he sent his declaration? Wilfred Owen Rupert Brooke Robert Graves August Stramm 21 Which line disrupts the pattern of iambic pentameter? I'd say—"I used to know his father well; And speed glum heroes up the line to death Yes, we've lost heavily in this last scrap." Guzzling and gulping in the best hotel 22 What effect does iambic pentameter have in the poem? It sounds like footsteps It has no impact It creates a steady rhythm reminiscent of marching It sounds like a horse, reminiscent of a cavalry 23 Which is not an example of alliteration? Yes, we've lost heavily in this last scrap. Guzzling and gulping in the best hotel Reading the Roll of Honour my puffy petulant face, 24 What is alliteration? (of a word, syllable, or line) have or end with a sound that corresponds to another the expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect. the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words repeating, sonic units 25 What is the implication of the major's passing comments? That the majors have no respect for the lives of the soldiers That the majors also fought in battle That the majors are disillusioned by the death caused by war That the majors have been personally impacted by the war