Dulce et Decorum Est

Dulce et Decorum Est

7th - 10th Grade

10 Qs

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Dulce et Decorum Est

Dulce et Decorum Est

Assessment

Quiz

English

7th - 10th Grade

Hard

CCSS
RL.8.5, RL.8.4, RI. 9-10.1

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10 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the following an example of?

'like old beggars under sacks'

Simile

Metaphor

Description

Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What does 'coughing like hags' tell us?

Someone is coughing somewhere.

The soldiers' masculinity means nothing now.

There are old ladies amongst the soldiers.

The soldiers are pretending to be women.

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the title?

Sarcasm!

Dramatic Irony!

A joke!

Super serious.

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

4.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Why do the gas shells drop 'softly behind'?

Because the soldiers are acclimatised to the sounds of war.

Because the soldiers are too fatigued to notice them.

Because they are very quiet bombs.

Because the soldiers have literally gone deaf.

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why does the second stanza start like this? 'Gas! GAS! Quick, boys!'

To be different.

To carry on the plot of the poem.

To shock the reader.

To display to the reader how quickly things happen during war.

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why has the poet used the verb 'flound’ring'?

To refer to a fish out of water.

Because they watched The Little Mermaid one time.

Because it has negative connotations.

To contribute to the extended metaphor of drowning/water.

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which poem could the following link to? 'In all my dreams before my helpless sight'

Remains

Poppies

War Photographer

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

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