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Power and conflict context

Total questions: 75

Worksheet time: 38mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which revolution was a big influence to Percy Bysshe Shelly?

a)

Industrial

b)

Haitian

c)

French

d)

American

2.

Shelly wrote Ozymanias in competition with....

a)

his friend

b)

other poets

c)

his parents

3.

What did the statue say?

a)

'I am God'

b)

nothing

c)

'I am divine'

d)

'King of Kings'

4.

What kind of poet is Shelly?

a)

Sonnet

b)

Narrative

c)

Romantic

d)

Haiku

5.

What did Shelly dislike?

a)

Fascism

b)

Communism

c)

Royalty

6.

Where did William Blake live?

a)

York

b)

Birmingham

c)

London

d)

Portsmouth

7.

What collection is 'London' part of?

a)

Songs of innocence

b)

Songs of experiance

8.

What was Blake against?

a)

empires

b)

socialism

c)

capitalism

d)

the church

9.

How were the lower class treated when Blake was alive?

a)

well

b)

poorly

c)

equal to the upper class

10.

When did the French revolution happen?

a)

1802

b)

1781

c)

1789

d)

1777

11.

What was the Prelude?

a)

the poet's autobiography

b)

a fictional story

12.

What does the Prelude focus on

a)

the island

b)

boats

c)

the poet's childhood

13.

The extract concerns itself with...

a)

storms

b)

emotions

14.

When was Wordsworth made poet laureate?

a)

1795

b)

1770

c)

1850

d)

1843

15.

Wordsworth was the most important romantic poet

a)

true

b)

false

16.

When was 'Poppies' set?

a)

WW1

b)

present day

c)

WW2

17.

'Poppies' evokes memories from...

a)

WW1

b)

WW2

18.

Jane Weir was born in

a)

Ireland

b)

France

c)

England

d)

Italy

19.

'Poppies' is written from a ....... perspective

a)

Veteran's

b)

Mother's

c)

Soldier's

20.

Jane Weir is a mother of.....

a)

two teenage sons

b)

an adult son

c)

two teenage daughters

21.

What did Japan use in the second world war when they were losing?

a)

bombs

b)

kamikaze pilots

c)

tanks

22.

What was important in Japanese culture?

a)

honour

b)

pride

c)

martyrdom

23.

If samurais lost honour, they would....

a)

kill themselves

b)

go into exile

c)

go to jail

24.

Beatrice Garland worked for the...

a)

RSPCC

b)

NHS

c)

car insurance

25.

What does Garland like to write about?

a)

historical events

b)

fictional stories

c)

her experiences

d)

Other people

26.

What country did England fight in the Crimean war?

a)

Italy

b)

Russia

c)

France

d)

America

27.

What empire was rivalling the British empire?

a)

Russian

b)

Portuguese

c)

Roman

28.

Alfred Lord Tennyson was the one of the most famous poets in the ..... era

a)

Victorian

b)

Elizabethan

c)

Medieval

29.

Tennyson's poets focus on....

a)

The power of nature

b)

The pride of man

c)

The beauty of life

30.

Tennyson went to war

a)

true

b)

false

31.

'Storm on the island' is set in...

a)

Scotland

b)

Wales

c)

Ireland

32.

In the 1960s, the IRS were....

a)

bombing Northern Ireland

b)

fighting Britain

33.

how many siblings does Seamus Heaney have?

a)

5

b)

8

c)

9

34.

Heaney went to a ...... school

a)

Protestant

b)

Secular

c)

Catholic

35.

Heaney became a teacher at .... University

a)

Oxford

b)

Cambridge

c)

Manchester

36.

Guyana was colonised by the British, French and.....

a)

Spanish

b)

Dutch

c)

Portuguese

37.

Guyana's native language was....

a)

Zulu

b)

Romanian

c)

Arawak

38.

John Agard is a ..... poet

a)

Performative

b)

Narrative

c)

Romantic

39.

Guyana's culture was.....

a)

embraced

b)

repressed

c)

left alone

40.

Agard was born in...

a)

1966

b)

1949

c)

1956

41.

Which war was 'Exposure' set?

a)

Crimean war

b)

Vietnam war

c)

WW2

d)

WW1

42.

The British trenches were made of...

a)

Dirt and wood

b)

concrete

43.

Wilfred Owen was a...

a)

Medic

b)

Soldier

44.

Wilfred Owen would spend....... days straight in the trenches

a)

3

b)

5

c)

2

45.

What was more deadly to the soldiers?

a)

the weather

b)

the enemy

c)

disease

46.

Duke Alfonso II was the Duke of...

a)

Ferrara

b)

York

47.

'My last duchess' was set..... years after Alfonso II's wife's death

a)

3

b)

8

c)

4

48.

Duke Alfonso married 4 women in his lifetime

a)

true

b)

false

49.

Robert Browning was influenced by the..... Renaissance

a)

French

b)

German

c)

Spanish

d)

Italian

50.

Browning was a fan of..... poets

a)

Narrative

b)

Romantic

c)

Performative

51.

Imitaz Dharker was born in....

a)

Afghanistan

b)

Pakistan

c)

Kazakhstan

52.

The poem collection 'The terrorist at my table' makes people question....

a)

their views

b)

other people's views

c)

society's views

53.

How many poem collections has Dharker published?

a)

7

b)

5

c)

3

54.

'Tissue' can be interpreted in many different ways

a)

true

b)

false

55.

In Dharker's poem collections, what is a common theme?

a)

social issues

b)

meaning and identity

56.

What is an emigree?

a)

someone who left their country

b)

someone who travels from country to country

57.

In the 1990s, the amount of immigrants moving to countries....

a)

rose

b)

dropped

c)

stayed the same

58.

Carol grew up in which part of London?

a)

West

b)

South

c)

North

d)

East

59.

How many poem collections did Carol Rumens publish?

a)

12

b)

17

c)

15

60.

Rumens was described as having a fascination with.....

a)

elsewhere

b)

familiarity

c)

immigrants

61.

Carol Ann Duffy was made the first female poet laureate in....

a)

2008

b)

2005

c)

1999

d)

2009

62.

Duffy was friends with two respected..... that influenced 'War photographer'

a)

photographers

b)

journalists

c)

artists

63.

After WW2, images of... became more common

a)

war

b)

families

c)

food

64.

'War photographer' was part of the...... collection 'Standing female nude'

a)

1977

b)

1985

c)

1987

65.

What is the theme of 'War photographer'?

a)

not being able to watch

b)

not being able to help

66.

'Remains' is based off a soldier fighting in....

a)

Iran

b)

Iraq

c)

Norway

67.

Simon Armitage is the current poet laureate

a)

true

b)

false

68.

The speaker in 'Remains suffers from....

a)

PTSD

b)

BPD

c)

depression

d)

bipolar disorder

69.

Simon Armitage has made a lot of history....

a)

cartoons

b)

books

c)

documentaries

70.

Armitage's writing is known for...

a)

strong characters

b)

strong messages

c)

deep meanings

71.

'Bayonet charge' was written at the time of war

a)

true

b)

false

72.

Ted hughes' father died in WW1

a)

true

b)

false

73.

Pre WW1 poetry would...... war

a)

glorify

b)

criticise

c)

be indifferent about

74.

Hughes spent....years serving as an RAF mechanic

a)

5

b)

2

c)

3

75.

Hughes died of cancer in...

a)

1998

b)

1999

c)

1989

d)

1889

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