Unknown Citizen Quiz

The subject of the poem is

• a retired civil servant

• an ordinary person

• a poet

• a deprived individual

The subject's childhood

• was gloriously happy

• was miserable

• influenced the adult he became

• is not mentioned

The speaker in this poem is

• a government official

• the citizen himself

• a military leder

• a computer programmer

The title means

• the citizen died nobly in a war

• government has robbed the citizen of his identity

• all citizens are referred to by number

• the state wishes to honor a famous citizen

The question of "free" and "happy" is considered absurd because

• conformity insures happiness and freedom

• it is better to conform

• the question is irrelevant

• the question lacks sufficient data

Auden is attacking

• the spineless citizen

• the causes of war

• man's indifference

• government that reduces people to objects

Auden is praising

• individuality

• our society

• the citizen's ability to understand poetry

• nothing

Government considers the citizen "a saint" because

• he performed miracles

• he did not resist conformity

• he was a union member

• he was free and happy

Auden makes us aware

• of the all-consuming power of government

• that duty is its own reward

• that happiness is within the reach of all

• that to defy authority is foolish

The "marble monument" suggests

• great fame

• eternity

• imprisonment

• death