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Retrieval practice - A Wife in London (and term recap)

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which war does 'A Wife in London' focus on?

a)

Boer War

b)

Bosnian War

c)

Gulf War

d)

Hundred Years War

2.
In A Wife in London, what has happened to the husband when we are told 'He - has fallen - '?
a)
He has died
b)
He is injured
c)
He has fallen from his horse
d)
He has committed a crime
3.
What year was 'A Wife in London' written?
a)
1899
b)
1999
c)
1914
d)
1932
4.
In A Wife in London, what literary technique has been used in the quote 'she sits in the tawny vapour'?
a)
pathetic fallacy
b)
onomatopoeia
c)
simile
d)
personification
5.
Who wrote 'A Wife in London
a)
Thomas Hardy
b)
Thomas Harding
c)
Simon Armitage
d)
Wilfred Owen
6.

Complete the quote "His hand, whom the ______now knows:"

a)

Earth

b)

Worm

c)

Devil

d)

Lord

7.

Complete the quote "new ______ that they would learn."

a)

life

b)

future

c)

love

d)

home

8.

The poem has....

a)

2 sections - the tragedy and the irony.

b)

4 stanzas

c)

2 stanzas

d)

2 sections - the tragedy and the past

9.

Where was the Boer War?

a)

America

b)

Germany

c)

America

d)

South Africa

10.

Mametz Wood was the scene of fierce fighting during which battle?

a)

Battle of the somme

b)

Battle of Waterloo

c)

Battle of Hastings

d)

Battle of the bands

11.
Who wrote Dulce et Decorum Est?
a)
Wilfred Owen
b)
Rupert Brooke
c)
Owen Sheers
d)
Simon Armitage
12.

Complete the quote from 'Dulce et Decorum Est': "Gas! Gas! Quick _______!"

a)

soldiers

b)

boys

c)

men

d)

comrades

13.

What is the device - Exaggeration

(a)  

14.

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

15.

What device is a comparison made using the words “like” or “as.”

(a)  

16.

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

(a)  

17.

What device is a comparison – made directly or indirectly – without using “like” or “as” (saying it is something).

(a)  

18.
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
19.
What is the name of the poet who wrote The Manhunt?
a)
Simon Armitage
b)
Simon Amstell
c)
Stephen Armishaw
d)
Siegfried Sassoon
20.
What is the form of the poem, The Soldier?
a)
Sonnet
b)
Limerick
c)
Haiku
d)
Ballad
21.
Who wrote The Soldier?
a)
Rupert Brooke
b)
Simon Armitage
c)
Wilfred Owen
d)
Owen Sheers
22.
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
23.

What terminology describes - A group of lines separated from others in a poem (like a paragraph).

(a)  

24.

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

(a)  

25.

What is the device - When a character’s feelings, thoughts or emotions are displayed through the environment around them.

(a)