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What does 'Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori' mean?
If you join the army, you will lose your life
Joining the army is fun
It is sweet and right to die for your country
It is horrible to die for your country
2
Why was the soldier reporting Jack's death 'coughing and mumbling'?
He felt awkward about lying to the old woman
He was wearing a gas mask
He wanted to ask for a cup of tea but rules forbade him from asking
He had a cold
3
The peom 'The Hero' was written by Wilfred Owen
False
True
4
Wilfred Owen was angry that propaganda tricked young men into joining the war.
True
False
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The soldier reporting Jack's death to his mother felt sorry for Jack.
False
True
6
Which poetic technique is used in the opening line of his famous poem? 'Bent double like old beggars under sacks'
Simile
Metaphor
Pathetic fallacy
Personification
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What does 'drunk with fatigue' mean?
The soldiers had had too much whiskey to keep them warm
The soldiers had passed out
The soldiers were so exhausted that they could not think or move properly
The soldiers were being silly and laughing
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Margaret Postgate Cole used the extended metaphor of falling autumnal leaves to explore the waste of war
True
False
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When was Wilfred Owen, the poet, killed?
During the famous Christmas Day football match
During the battle of the Somme
Just one week before the Armistice was declared in 1918
A week after the Armistice in 1918
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In the poem 'The Hero', Jack's mother believes...
That Jack single-handedly defeated the Germans
That Jack died bravely and heroicly doing his duty in battle
That Jack is still alive and will return to her soon
That Jack was shot for cowardice
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Why are soldiers compared to snowflakes in the poem 'The Falling Leaves'?
Because snow is cold
Because snow flakes are all individual and each soldier who died was unique
Because so many snow flakes fall and so many soldiers died
Because the whiteness of snowflakes represents the innocence of the men
