Exposure by Wilfred Owen

Who wrote 'Exposure'?

• Robert Browning

• William Wordsworth

• Wilfred Owen

• Alfred Lord Tennyson

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When did Wilfred Owen live?

• 1693-1718

• 1793-1818

• 1893-1918

• 1993-2018

Where is 'Exposure' set?

• Iraq

• No Man's Land in World War 1

• Trenches of World War 1

• At home

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Why did Owen write 'Exposure'?

• To show the realities of war to the people at home

• To show that war is not dangerous

• To complain that war is boring

• To show that war is glorious

Which quotation ends a stanza most frequently?

• 'But nothing happens.'

• 'Is it that we are dying?'

• 'We turn back to our dying.'

• 'For love of God seems dying.'

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Which techniques does Owen use in 'the merciless iced east winds that knive us'?

• Personification

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Sibilance

Why does Owen personify the weather so frequently?

• To suggest that the weather was the real enemy

• To show how nice it is

• To show that the weather killed men

• Because he can

What senses are used in 'the flickering gunnery rumbles?'

• sight and sound

• sight and smell

• sound and taste

• sound and touch

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What technique is used in 'sudden successive flights of bullets'?

• alliteration

• metaphor

• sibilance

• simile

What could 'For love of God seems dying' mean? Choose two reasons.

• the soldiers feel God's love has left them

• the soldiers don't love God anymore

• the soldiers are dying

• people at home are dying

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