Language Building: Sassoon - Open Letter to the Times

What does Sassoon believe is being practiced on the troops? (a)  

• Imagination
• Deception
• Complacence
• Suffering

What does Sassoon believe the majority of people at home lack?

• Complacence
• Deception
• Suffering
• Imagination

What does Sassoon believe the war should have been attainable by? (a)  

• Deception and complacence
• Negotiation
• Defence and liberation
• Aggression and conquest

What does Sassoon believe should have been done to prevent the war from changing its purposes?

• Negotiate with the enemy
• Sacrifice the fighting men
• Clearly state the purposes of the war
• End the war immediately

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

What is Sassoon's main role in the war? (a)  

• Deceiver
• Soldier
• Negotiator
• Politician

What does Sassoon believe the war should have been impossible to change?

• The purposes of the war
• The political errors and insincerities
• The suffering of the troops
• The callous complacence

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

What does Sassoon believe is being sacrificed?

• The purposes of the war
• The fighting men
• The political errors and insincerities
• The callous complacence

What is the main purpose of the open letter?

• To protest against the conduct of the war
• To express Sassoon's defiance of military authority
• To advocate for negotiation
• To criticize the political errors and insincerities

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.11

According to Sassoon, what has the war become?

• A war of deception and complacence
• A war of aggression and conquest
• A war of political errors and insincerities
• A war of defence and liberation

What does Sassoon hope to achieve by making this protest?

• Destroy the callous complacence
• Express his defiance of military authority
• End the war immediately
• Advocate for negotiation