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John Brown

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the name of the author of the poem John Brown?

a)

Bob Dylan

b)

Mary Howitt

c)

Robert Frost

d)

Mathew Arnold

2.

The alternative works of the poet are______.

a)

Like a Rolling Stone

b)

The Times They are a changin'

c)

Rapture

d)

Blowin' in the wind

e)

Coromandel Fishers

3.

How has the poet described the war?

a)

Glamorous war

b)

Eternal and destructive war

c)

Good old-fashoined war

d)

Soul wrenching war

4.

Write the Character Sketch of John's Mother.

4 lines
5.

What type of poem is John Brown?

a)

Anti-war Lyric

b)

A Dramatic Monologue

c)

A Fable

d)

A didactic poem

6.

What is the form and structure of the poem John Brown?

4 lines
7.

What do the medals symbolise?

a)

So-called glory won in war

b)

A brief amount of pride in parents

c)

The victory of soldiers

8.

How has the poet showed us the horrors of war through this poem?

4 lines
9.

What is the message of the poem John Brown?

a)

We should not take false pride

b)

War is futile

c)

War should not be avoided

d)

Medals are worth more than a person's life

10.

In what way the poem John Brown appeals to you?

4 lines
11.

How is the title appropraite?

4 lines
12.

Which line shows that John's mother is bragging about her son?

a)

That's my son that's about to go, he's a soldier now, you know

b)

Do what the captain says, lots of medals you will get.

c)

His mama's face broke out all in a grin

d)

None of the above

13.

Which word depicts the superiority of war over humans?

a)

That I was just a puppet in a play

b)

You wasn't there standing in my shoes

c)

And a cannonball blew my eyes away

14.

How is the poem John Brown an ironic poem?

4 lines
15.

Can the another theme of the poem be "Unpredictabiity of life"?

a)

Yes

b)

No