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Retrieval 7 - RnJ Act 1 and 'Mametz Wood'

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Who wrote Mametz Wood?
a)
Owen Sheers
b)
Wilfred Owen
c)
Rupert Brooke
d)
Mark Owen
2.

Where did the poet grow up?

a)

England

b)

Ireland

c)

Scotland

d)

Wales

3.
Which war does the poem, Mametz Wood, focus on?
a)
WW1
b)
WW2
c)
The Boar War
d)
The Bosnian War
4.

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

5.

When was the poem written?

a)

1914

b)

2005

c)

1945

d)

2020

6.
In Mametz Wood, what does the narrator want to give these soldiers?
a)
A voice
b)
A funeral
c)
Names
d)
A grave stone
7.
In Mametz Wood, how were the soldiers found?
a)
A farmer ploughing his fields
b)
Children playing
c)
An earthquake
d)
Building new houses
8.
In Mametz Wood, what has 'outlasted' the soldiers?
a)
The boots
b)
The birds
c)
The machine guns
d)
The china plate
9.

How does the poem describe the dead soldiers?

a)

vulnerable youth

b)

wasted young

c)

innocent young

d)

pure youth

10.

Complete the quote from 'Mametz Woods': "broken bird’s egg of a (a)   "

11.

What two families are feuding?

a)

Capulet and Marshall

b)

Capulet and Montgomery

c)

Montague and Cabrera

d)

Montague and Capulet

12.
What does Prince Escalus say he will do to anyone who fights in the future?
a)
Put them in jail.
b)
Make them live together.
c)
Punish them with death.
d)
banish them from Verona
13.

Who says this quote? "What? Drawn and talk of peace? I hate the word as I hate hell, all Montagues, and thee. Have at thee, coward!"

a)

Romeo

b)

Tybalt

c)

Prince

d)

Benvolio

14.

Identify the speaker: "I do but keep the peace. Put up thy sword,/ Or manage it to part these men with me" (1.1.69-70)

a)

Tybalt

b)

Benvolio

c)

Capulet

d)

Romeo

15.

Why is Romeo so sad in the first few scenes?

a)

Romeo hates his mother and father

b)

Romeo misses his cousin

c)

Romeo is a teenager...enough said

d)

Romeo is in love with someone who does not return the feelings

16.

What is the name of the woman Romeo loves during the first few scenes?

a)

Rosa

b)

Roseanne

c)

Rosaline

d)

Juliet

17.

Who wants to marry Juliet?

a)

Mercutio

b)

Benvolio

c)

Prince Escalus

d)

Paris

18.
Identify the speaker: "My child is yet a stranger to the world./ She hath not seen the change of fourteen years" (1.2.8-9).
a)
Capulet
b)
Juliet
c)
Montague
d)
Lady Capulet
19.

Who has raised Juliet like his/her own daughter?

a)

Prince Escalus

b)

Friar Lawrence

c)

Nurse

d)

Lady Montague

20.

What relation is Tybalt to Lord Capulet?

a)

he is his cousin

b)

he is his nephew

c)

he is his brother

d)

he is his father

21.

When Romeo and Juliet first meet their dialogue is a shared

a)

ballad

b)

sonnet

c)

paragraph

d)

stanza

22.

How could we describe Tybalt's personality?

a)

Contemplative

b)

Aggressive

c)

Thoughtful

d)

Love-sick

23.
How does Juliet find out Romeo is a Montague?
a)
Her Nurse tells her
b)
A servant tells her.
c)
Her father tells her.
d)
Tybalt tells her
24.

Complete the quote from 'Mametz Wood': "mosaic of (a)   "

25.

What device is the following example - "heart" "kiss" "love"

a)

semantic field - war

b)

semantic field - love

c)

hyperbole

d)

exaggeration