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Bayonet Charge

Quiz by Kirstie Groom

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10 questions
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  • Q1
    The poem is about…
    A soldier remembering the war
    A soldier running in a war zone
    A parent missing their child
    An army not ready to attack
    30s
  • Q2
    Was the poet a soldier?
    No
    Yes
    30s
  • Q3
    The poem starts…
    in the future
    with a memory of childhood
    with a question
    in the middle of the action
    30s
  • Q4
    What is the soldier doing in line 1?
    sleeping
    fighting
    running
    walking
    30s
  • Q5
    Which is a repeated image in the poem?
    A poppy
    A bloodstain
    The green hedge
    The valley of death
    30s
  • Q6
    Complete the quote: 'he lugged a rifle, _____ as a smashed arm.'
    useless
    painful
    numb
    sad
    30s
  • Q7
    What shape does the dying animal crawl in?
    A zig zag
    A line
    A circle
    A figure of eight
    30s
  • Q8
    Which of these is not 'dropped like [a luxury]'?
    love
    honour
    king
    human dignity
    30s
  • Q9
    The 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 gunfire
    A dying hare
    A dying soldier
    A bomb blast
    60s
  • Q10
    What does the metaphor 'cold clockwork of the stars and nations' suggest?
    Time has frozen
    The soldier is patriotic
    The soldier is cold
    The soldier feels more like a machine than a man
    45s

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