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WorksheetsCharge of the Light Brigade
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 7mins
Who wrote the poem?
Alfred Lord Tennyson
Robert Browning
William Wordsworth
Alfred the Great
When is the poem set?
During WWII
During WW1
During the Crimean War
During the Vietnam War
Who was the war mostly between?
Britain, France and the Russian Empire against the Ottoman Empire
Britain, France and the Ottoman Empire against the Russian Empire
Britain, France and the Roman Empire against the Russian Empire
Germany, France and the Ottoman Empire against the Russian Empire
Which battle was it a part of?
Battle of Hoodie
Battle of Beanie?
Battle of Balaclava?
Battle of Baseball Cap
What does the Poet Laureate do?
Writes poems criticising the government
Writes poems for significant national occasions
Just writes poems about war
Just writes poems about their personal experience
What could the six stanzas represent?
Six cannons
Six hundred cavalry men
Six generals
Six miles that they rode
The rhythm is often dactylic dimeter. What does this mean?
Six syllables - unstressed/unstressed/stressed
Ten syllables - stressed/unstressed/unstressed
Six syllables - unstressed/stressed/unstressed
Six syllables - stressed/unstressed/unstressed
What does the dactylic dimeter represent?
Cannon fire
Waving swords
Shouts of the cavalrymen
Galloping horses
Why does the rhythm, form and rhyme scheme keep changing?
Tennyson did not know what he was doing
To emphasise the mistakes being made
To reflect the chaos of battle
To show the fear of the cavalrymen
How far do they ride into the "valley of death"?
About four and a half miles
About ten miles
About twenty miles
About a mile and a half
"the alley of death" is a reference to...
the 3rd psalm
Gangsta's paradise
the 33rd psalm
The 23rd psalm
Repetition of "Half a league" and "Canon to the..." are examples of what literary technique?
Flora and fauna
Anaphora
Diaspora
Dora the explorer
In the second stanza which three words form a rhyming triplet?
pi, phi psi
lie, cry, good-bye
reply, why, die
steak pie, meat and potato pie, butter pie
Which word precedes "...the six hundred" in the first three stanzas?
Code
Mowed
Hoed
Rode
"Stormed at with shot and shell" is an example of which language technique?
Alliteration
Assonance
Sibilance
Silly dance
What is a sabre?
A sword
A tiger
A cannon
A horse
Who "rode back"?
Cossack and Russian
The six hundred
Not the six hundred
About fifty
Which word has changed from the first three lines of the third stanza to the first three lines of the fifth stanza?
"right" to "left"
"left" to "right"
"in front" to "behind"
"Cossack" to "Russian"
"Honour the charge they made" "Honour the Light Brigade" are examples of which mood in language?
The imperative
The impulsive
The impatient
The impossible to remember
Which word precedes "six hundred!" in the last line?
Noble
Proud
Brave
Honourable
