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Quiz on the poem Checking out me history by John Agard

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1
How is Agard using juxtaposition?
He contrasts white and black people
He contrasts silly nursery rhymes with historical figures
He compares women and men
2
What would John Agard rather be learning about?
British history
Famous black historical figures
Famous historical figures
Nothing
3
What does the quote '1066 and all dat' suggest?
Learning about the Battle of Hastings isn't important to him
Everyone should learn about the Battle of Hastings
History is the most important subject
4
What is an dialect?
A language
An individual's way of speaking
How people from South America speak
A group of shared ways of speaking
5
What does the poem say about education?
We should only be learning to read and write
We should only learn about Black history
History should be made relevant to the pupil being taught
We should only learn about White history
6
Why is the poem written using two fonts ?
Because there are two narrators
To break up the poem
To show there are two different historical perspectives
7
What happened in 1066?
Napoleon died
The queen was born
The American Civil War
The battle of Hastings
8
What does John Agard mean by 'Dem tell me'?
Other people think they know about me but they don't
White people have decided my education
School is a waste of time
I don't like my teachers
9
What does John Agard state that he is doing at the end of the poem?
Finding out about his own history
Failing history
Giving up on history
Teaching history