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Retrieval practice - The Manhunt and The Solider

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
In The Manhunt, in which war did Eddie Beddoes serve as a peacekeeper
a)
Bosnian War
b)
Gulf War
c)
Falklands War
d)
Second World War
2.
In The Manhunt, how does the narrator describe the pain she senses deep inside her husband's mind?
a)
an unexploded mine
b)
a deep scar
c)
a fractured rudder
d)
a hand grenade
3.
What is the name of the poet who wrote The Manhunt?
a)
Simon Armitage
b)
Simon Amstell
c)
Stephen Armishaw
d)
Siegfried Sassoon
4.

Complete the quote "his ________ heart".

a)

broken

b)

grazed

c)

hurt

d)

wounded

5.

Complete the quote "foetus of ______ beneath his chest"

a)

a bullet

b)

metal

c)

damage

d)

shrapnel

6.

In The Manhunt, which metaphors does the poet use to describe Eddie's injuries?

a)

frozen river

b)

blown hinge

c)

fractured rudder

d)

smashed plate

7.

How would you describe the structure of 'The Manhunt'?

a)

couplets

b)

2 stanzas of 6 lines

c)

rhyming

d)

mostly not rhyming

8.

What is the overall tone of the poem, The Soldier?

a)

Patriotic

b)

Positive

c)

Negative

d)

Angry

9.
What is the form of the poem, The Soldier?
a)
Sonnet
b)
Limerick
c)
Haiku
d)
Ballad
10.
Who wrote The Soldier?
a)
Rupert Brooke
b)
Simon Armitage
c)
Wilfred Owen
d)
Owen Sheers
11.

Complete the quote "If I should die, .......

a)

think only this of me:

b)

pray only for me:

c)

think only this of him:

d)

think mostly this of me:

12.

When was 'The Soldier' written?

a)

1939 - at the start of WW2

b)

1945 - at the end of WW2

c)

1914 - at the start of WW1

d)

1918 - at the end of WW1

13.

Why/how did the poet die?

a)

Blood poisoning

b)

Crashed a fighter jet

c)

Shot during the war

d)

Died in a gas attach

14.

Complete the quote "In hearts at peace, .....

a)

beneath an English heaven.

b)

'neath an English heaven.

c)

below an English heaven.

d)

under an English heaven.

15.

What device is repeated “S” sounds. These can be harsh, smooth or sickly or sly (snakey).

(a)  

16.

What sounds are “b,” “p,” “t” and “d” sounds – which can be harsh, aggressive or shocking.

(a)  

17.

What is the device - Two opposing things being placed close together for contrasting effect.

(a)  

18.

What is the device - A set of words relating to the same topic. “Foul” and “Shot” would appear in the (a)   of sports.

19.

What is the following term - The voice/speaker of the poem who is different from the writer.

(a)  

20.

What device is the following example - she had an ice cold heart.

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

alliteration

d)

sibilance

21.

What device is the following example - money doesn't grow on trees you know!

a)

cliche

b)

simile

c)

personification

d)

sibilance

22.

Complete the quote from 'The Manhunt': "the (a)   river which ran through his face."

23.

Complete the quote from 'The Manhunt': "the parachute silk of his (a)   lung"

24.

Complete the quote from 'The Solider': "Gave, once, her (a)   to love, her ways to roam"

25.

Complete the quote from 'The Soldier': "some corner of a (a)   field/ That is for ever England"