AQA Power and Conflict MKS

Question 1

What metre is 'The Charge of the Light Brigade' written in?

Accepted Answer

Trochaic

Question 2

Why does the narrator in Remains describe the death in very informal terms eg: 'he's there on the ground...inside out'?

Accepted Answer

To show how desensitised he has become to violence, To try and deflect some of the guilt he feels because of the murder

Question 3

What does the narrator discover by the end of 'The Prelude'?

Accepted Answer

That nature can turn against you at any moment, That nature is more powerful than man

Question 4

Who is the current Poet Laureate

Accepted Answer

Simon Armitage

Question 5

Which two Afro Caribbean figures does Agard speak about in Checking Out Me History?

Accepted Answer

Nanny de maroon, Toussaint L'Ouverture

Question 6

'War Photographer' by Carol Anne Duffy is inspired by her first-hand experience as a war photographer.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 7

Which conflict inspired Seamus Heaney to write 'Storm on the Island'?

Accepted Answer

The Troubles

Question 8

Which two poems in the anthology describe how war impacts on families?

Accepted Answer

Kamikaze, Poppies

Question 9

Which condition often found in soldiers does Armitage write about in 'Remains'?

Accepted Answer

PTSD

Question 10

Ted Hughes' poem 'Bayonet Charge' was a direct criticism of what?

Accepted Answer

Government propaganda

Question 11

Which two poets were part of the 'Romantic' movement?

Accepted Answer

Percy Bysshe Shelley, William Wordsworth

Question 12

Which two poems allow us to get the female perspective of war?

Accepted Answer

Poppies, Kamikaze

Question 13

'The Prelude' in your anthology is an extract from a much longer poem. What is the form of this poem?

Accepted Answer

Epic

Question 14

'Exposure' was inspired by a real life mission Wilfred Owen led when he was a lieutenant during WWI.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 15

Why do some people suggest that 'The Charge of the Light Brigade' was a piece of propaganda?

Accepted Answer

Tennsyson was Poet Laureate and had to write positively about the monarchy, It puts a positive spin on an embarrassing British military mistake

Question 16

What was Duffy's main intention when writing War Photographer?

Accepted Answer

To show the ethical struggle of profiting from other people's suffering., To highlight how traumatised war photographers can become.

Question 17

What was Owen's intention when writing the poem 'Exposure'?

Accepted Answer

To expose the conditions the soldiers have experienced to the world

Question 18

Which line in Poppies by Jane Weir contains biblical allusions?

Accepted Answer

"the gelled blackthorns of your hair"

Question 19

Which line in Kamikaze suggests that the kamikaze soldier has been made to believe his mission is honourable?

Accepted Answer

"head full of powerful incantations"

Question 20

Which line in Blake's poem 'London' tells its audience that they need to fight against oppression?

Accepted Answer

"the mind-forged manacles I hear"

Question 21

Which two phrases best describe the 'Romantic movement'?

Accepted Answer

Individualism, Worship of nature

Question 22

Which line(s) from The Emigree suggests that the speaker finds comfort and safety in her culture?

Accepted Answer

"my city takes me dancing", "my original view, the bright, filled paperweight"

Question 23

Which poem was inspired by the image below?

Accepted Answer

War Photographer

Question 24

Which two poems in the anthology discuss feeling 'out of place' and not accepted by society?

Accepted Answer

The Emigree, Checking Out Me History

Question 25

Which line in War Photographer suggests the speaker is haunted by the events he has seen and photographed?

Accepted Answer

"a half-formed ghost", "spools of suffering"

Question 26

'The Prelude' was inspired by William Wordsworth's childhood experiences.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 27

Which poem form does Shelley use ironically in 'Ozymandias'?

Accepted Answer

Sonnet

Question 28

In which line does Weir combine war imagery with domestic imagery in Poppies?

Accepted Answer

"disrupting a blockade of yellow bias binding around your blazer"

Question 29

Ted Hughes' poem 'Bayonet Charge' was inspired by his own experiences as a soldier in WW1.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 30

Which line(s) in Checking Out Me History suggests Agard has had enough of Eurocentric education?

Accepted Answer

"Dem tell be bout 1066 and all dat", "dem never tell me bout Mary Seacole"

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