Bayonet Charge
Quiz by Kirstie Groom
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- Q1The poem is about…A soldier remembering the warA soldier running in a war zoneA parent missing their childAn army not ready to attack30s
- Q2Was the poet a soldier?NoYes30s
- Q3The poem starts…in the futurewith a memory of childhoodwith a questionin the middle of the action30s
- Q4What is the soldier doing in line 1?sleepingfightingrunningwalking30s
- Q5Which is a repeated image in the poem?A poppyA bloodstainThe green hedgeThe valley of death30s
- Q6Complete the quote: 'he lugged a rifle, _____ as a smashed arm.'uselesspainfulnumbsad30s
- Q7What shape does the dying animal crawl in?A zig zagA lineA circleA figure of eight30s
- Q8Which of these is not 'dropped like [a luxury]'?lovehonourkinghuman dignity30s
- Q9The soldier is likened to a statue: 'his foot hung like statuary in mid stride'. What is it that has stopped him in his tracks?The gunfireA dying hareA dying soldierA bomb blast60s
- Q10What does the metaphor 'cold clockwork of the stars and nations' suggest?Time has frozenThe soldier is patrioticThe soldier is coldThe soldier feels more like a machine than a man45s