Dulce Et Decorum Est

Who wrote Dulce et Decorum Est?

• Wilfred Owen
• Rupert Brooke
• Owen Sheers
• Simon Armitage

Which war does the poem, Dulce et Decorum Est focus on?

• WW1
• WW2
• The Boar War
• The Crimean War

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What does 'Dulce et Decorum Est pro patria mori' mean?

• It is sweet and fitting to die for one's country
• It is unfair to have to die for one's country
• It is brave to die for one's country
• It is expected to die for one's country

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How does the narrator of Dulce et Decorum Est present war? Choose all that apply.

• Horrific

• Negative

• Courageous

• Brave

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In Dulce et Decorum Est, What technique is used to describe the soldiers in the quote 'Bent double, like old beggars'?

• Simile
• Metaphor
• Onomatopoeia
• Personification

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In Dulce et Decorum Est, what does the simile 'as under a green sea' describe?

• The gas fumes surrounding the soldiers
• The English Channel
• The smell of the sewers
• The army uniforms

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'He plunges at me, guttering, choking, ____________'

• drowning

• gasping

• dying

• heaving

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Finish the sentence 'the blood / Come gargling from the froth-corrupted...'

• lungs
• heart
• mouth
• nose

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Did the poet Wilfred Owen die in World War I?

• Yes

• No

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Who was Dulce et Decorum Est initially (ironically) dedicated to?

• Jessie Pope
• Winston Churchill
• The Queen
• Rupert Brooke