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The Patriot, PPSB

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

'The Patriot' is written by....

a)

Robert Downey, Jr.

b)

Robert De Niro

c)

Robert Browning

d)

William Wordsworth

2.

The Speaker of the poem, a patriot, received a grand reception from the people a year ago as....

a)

his path was filled with roses and turtle.

b)

his path was filled with roses and olives..

c)

his path was filled with roses and more roses.

d)

his path was filled with roses and myrtle.

3.

The poem, 'The Patriot' is a harsh and critical satire on....

a)

people's fickle minded attitude

b)

religious intolerance.

c)

heroic martyrdom

d)

public hero worship

4.

The frenzy of the people at patriot's arrival, exactly a year ago, is seen in the lines…….

a)

"The house- roofs seemed to heave and break.

The church bells rang, loud noise they make "

b)

"The horse- hoofs seemed to heave and sway",

The chariot-spokes broke up in flames,"

c)

"There's nobody on the house -tops,

Just a palsied few on the windows set."

d)

"The house- roofs seemed to heave and sway,

The church-spires flamed, such flags they had,"

5.

Which figure is speech is prominent in "with myrtle mixed in my path like mad"?

a)

Alliteration

b)

Simile

c)

Metaphor

d)

Repetition

6.

"And you see my harvest, what I reap."

a)

Imagery

b)

Personification

c)

Simile

d)

Metaphor

7.

The poem ends on (a)   note.

8.

"For the best of the sight is all allow,

At the (a)   ."

9.

The Poem is.....

a)

a lyric

b)

a parable

c)

dramatic monologue

d)

ballad

10.

"I am safer so", means...

a)

God will grace him and he will be rescued from the gallows.

b)

God will repay him in the heaven after his death. So he is safer now to surely go to heaven and win God's grace there.

c)

God punishes only the sinners so he will be set free.

d)

God will make people trust the Patriot again.