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Dulce et Decorum est

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who wrote Dulce et Decorum est?

a)

Wilfred Owen

b)

Frederick Owen

c)

Owen Smith

d)

Owen Fredricks

2.

Which war did the poet serve in?

a)

WW2

b)

WW1

c)

Boer War

d)

Crimean War

3.

What language is the title of the poem written in?

a)

French

b)

Latin

c)

German

d)

Dutch

4.

Which is the correct translation of 'Dulce et Decorum est pro patria mori'?

a)

It is an honour to fight for ones country

b)

Only the valiant serve

c)

Only the valiant die

d)

It is sweet and right to die for ones country

5.

"Bent double like ........."

a)

hags

b)

old beggars under sacks

c)

old men

d)

drunkards

6.

"Men marched....."

a)

for days

b)

towards distant rest

c)

asleep

d)

for hours

7.

"Under a .............................. I saw him drowning"

a)

green mist

b)

yellow fog

c)

green sea

d)

smog

8.

"His hanging face like a devil's sick of sin" is an example of

a)

metaphor

b)

personification

c)

oxymoron

d)

simile

9.

"And watch the white eyes writhing in his face" is an example of

a)

alliteration

b)

simile

c)

hyperbole

d)

personification

10.

"Drunk with fatigue" is an example of

a)

metaphor

b)

personification

c)

simile

d)

alliteration

11.

Who is Owen addressing in his poem with the word "you"?

a)

fellow soldiers

b)

the German army

c)

the reader

d)

those on the home front who glorify war

12.

When Owen addresses the reader as "my friend " what language device is he using?

a)

juxtaposition

b)

hyperbole

c)

irony

d)

oxymoron