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Unknown Citizen Quiz

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 3mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The subject of the poem is

a)

a retired civil servant

b)

an ordinary person

c)

a poet

d)

a deprived individual

2.

The subject's childhood

a)

was gloriously happy

b)

was miserable

c)

influenced the adult he became

d)

is not mentioned

3.

The speaker in this poem is

a)

a government official

b)

the citizen himself

c)

a military leder

d)

a computer programmer

4.

The title means

a)

the citizen died nobly in a war

b)

government has robbed the citizen of his identity

c)

all citizens are referred to by number

d)

the state wishes to honor a famous citizen

5.

The question of "free" and "happy" is considered absurd because

a)

conformity insures happiness and freedom

b)

it is better to conform

c)

the question is irrelevant

d)

the question lacks sufficient data

6.

Auden is attacking

a)

the spineless citizen

b)

the causes of war

c)

man's indifference

d)

government that reduces people to objects

7.

Auden is praising

a)

individuality

b)

our society

c)

the citizen's ability to understand poetry

d)

nothing

8.

Government considers the citizen "a saint" because

a)

he performed miracles

b)

he did not resist conformity

c)

he was a union member

d)

he was free and happy

9.

Auden makes us aware

a)

of the all-consuming power of government

b)

that duty is its own reward

c)

that happiness is within the reach of all

d)

that to defy authority is foolish

10.

The "marble monument" suggests

a)

great fame

b)

eternity

c)

imprisonment

d)

death