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? Counter-Attack and Other Poems Does it Matter? The Old Huntsman War Poems 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 wrote it after the war He typed it up after the war He wrote it by hand while fighting in the trenches 4 When was Counter-Attack and Other Poems published? 1919 1916 1918 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? shell shock trench foot fever dreams typhus 7 How is the soldier's torch described? silent singing prying crying 8 Fill in this quote: "__ along the tunnel, step by step" Groping Walking Tripping Running 9 What does groping mean in this context? abuse someone feel about or search blindly or uncertainly with the hands seeing walking slowly 10 Finish this quote" "From side to side, and sniffed__" the dank dark tunnel the bad quality air the unwholesome air. the heavy air 11 What best characterizes the kinds of objects found down in the tunnel? Military Domestic Technological Ancient 12 What does Sassoon specify as the setting? The Hindenburg Line Verdun The Winterberg Tunnel No Man's Land 13 What is romanticized in the poem? Sleep and dreams The surrounding darkness The soldier's wife The battle overhead 14 In what year does Sassoon specify the poem taking place? 1918 1917 1920 1916 15 Which best characterizes the soldier's condition? Sleep-deprived, wishful, fanciful Shell-shocked, hungry, sleepy Sleep-deprived, desperate, isolated Angry, embittered, hungry 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? Midday 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 18 What is in the soldier's hair? sweat and horror sweat and terror stink and grit resilience and courage 19 What is the poem's meter? Blank verse Iambic pentameter (sometimes interrupted) Free verse Iambic pentameter 20 What is a rear guard? 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 a part of a military force that protects it from attack from the rear a part of a military force that protects the last line of soldiers 21 Does the poem take place during an active battle? It is during war time, but there is no active battle in the tunnel The poem takes place in a tunnel below an active battle Yes No 22 Which contains an example of alliteration? Tins, boxes, bottles, shapes and too vague to know; The rosy gloom of battle overhead. “Get up and guide me through this stinking place.” Tripping, he grabbed the wall 23 What is alliteration? a word, name, or expression used as a substitute for something else with which it is closely associated symbolic meaning attributed to natural objects or facts 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 the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words 24 When did the other soldier in the poem die? Ten days before Months earlier Hours earlier In ancient times 25 What does the soldier "unload" behind him at the end? isolation stress memories hell