1 Which point(s) of view is/are used in the poem? First-person Second-person Third-person Second and third-person 2 Describe the speaker. The speaker is a commanding officer. The speaker is a soldier who experiences shell shock as a result of the bristling fire. The speaker is Sassoon himself. An unidentified speaker witnesses a battle taking place. The final plea to Jesus to stop the violence indicates that the speaker is either participating in the battle, or is speaking on behalf of the soldiers. 3 How many lines does the poem have? 11 13 12 14 4 What poetic form does "Attack" most closely resemble? Sestina Villanelle Epic Sonnet 5 What kinds of poems deal with morning and the departure of lovers? Aubade Shakespeare Sonnet Love poem 6 Describe the sunlight in the poem. Pale yellow, filtering Bright purple, glowing Strong and blinding Wild purple, glowering 7 Define "dun" A bright green color Of a dull grayish-brown color. A horse The state of being finished 8 What first emerges in the morning light? The ridge The soldiers The tanks The trench 9 Which is not an example of alliteration? time ticks blank and busy Smouldering through spouts of drifting smoke that shroud The menacing scarred slope The barrage roars and lifts 10 What is alliteration? A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable. The use of "like" or "as" to make a comparison. 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 11 Why are the soldiers "clumsily bowed"? They are weighed down by gear. They are deathly afraid. They have been crippled. They bow to their superiors 12 What is a barrage? A concentrated artillery bombardment over a wide area A battlefield A place where military gear is stored Soldiers' accommodations 13 What does not get personified in the poem? The slope The mud Hope The sunlight 14 Which is example of personification? And hope, with furtive eyes and grappling fists, / Flounders in mud They leave their trenches, going over the top, At dawn the ridge emerges massed and dun Lines of grey, muttering faces, masked with fear, 15 What is personification? The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words The attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form The occurrence of a poet humanizing someone. A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable. 16 What is the form? Strict iambic pentameter Free verse Iambic pentameter, with some exceptions in syllabic stress Blank verse 17 Finish this quote: "While time ticks__" meaninglessly blank and brutal on their wrists blank and busy on their wrists in their chests 18 Who does the speaker plead to in the final line? His mother Jesus His commanders God 19 What is the tone? Bitter, Tragic, Reflective Acerbic, Violent, Uncanny Eerie, Desperate, Violent Pointed, Angry, Violent 20 Which detail best foreshadows the violence to come? The scarred slope is menacing The smoke smolders Men jostle and climb to The dawn light makes the ridge visible 21 Which of the following is used in the poem? Hyperbole Personification Onomatopoeia Understatement 22 Which collection was this poem published in? The Old Huntsman The War Poems Counter-Attack and Other Poems Collected Poems 23 How was the collection received? Poorly, Sassoon was then hospitalized for shell shock Poorly, as the details were too grotesque Well, though Sassoon was then hospitalized for shell shock Well, due to its truthful and harrowing accounts of World War I. 24 Which of the following is not a theme? Explicitly Criticizing the British Public Nature The Horrors of Warfare Anonymity 25 Which line best demonstrates the theme of Anonymity? And hope, with furtive eyes and grappling fists The menacing scarred slope; and, one by one, Smouldering through spouts of drifting smoke that shroud Lines of grey, muttering faces, masked with fear,