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Casabianca

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the post of the boy’s father in the ship?

a)

Sailor

b)

Chieftain

c)

Captain

2.

‘A creature of heroic blood’ refers to

a)

The young boy

b)

The admiral of the ship

c)

The sailors

3.

The father was ‘unconscious of his son’ because

a)

He had fainted

b)

He could not hear the boy in then noise of the gunshots

c)

He had died

4.

In the sentence ‘they wrapt the ship in splendour wild’ ‘they’ refers to

a)

The sea around the ship

b)

The wind that blew around the ship

c)

The flames that engulfed the ship

5.

‘And shouted but once more aloud,“My father, must I stay?”’ This was the boy’s

a)

Last call to his father

b)

Seventh call to his father

c)

First call to his father

6.

What is the rhyme scheme of the poem?

a)

AABBCC

b)

ABABCC

c)

ABACBC

7.

When did the incident take place?

a)

during the Battle of World War 1

b)

during the Battle of Nile

c)

during the Battle of Nowhere

d)

All of the above

8.

What is the meaning of LONE POST DEATH in the poem?

a)

All alone during the battle

b)

All alone when the death time had arrived

c)

All alone when the boy's father woke up

d)

None of the above

9.

What is the name of the poet ?

a)

Felicia Dorothy Hemans

b)

Felica Dorothea Hemans

c)

Felicia Dorothea Hemans

d)

Felicia Dorothi Herman

10.

Whose voice was no longer heard?

a)

mother of the boy

b)

sailors in the ship

c)

father of the boy

d)

the boy

11.

The boy was described as the creature of _____________

a)

fear of fate

b)

heroic blood

c)

dutiful coward

d)

None

12.

Where was CASABIANCA standing ?

a)

on the burning fire

b)

on the burning deck

c)

on the burning house

d)

none

13.

A deck, mast, helm, pennon fair says that the ship was a _______________

a)

cargo ship

b)

battleship

c)

submarine

d)

none

14.

What is the starting line of the poem?

a)

The boy who ruled the burning deck

b)

The boy who stood the burning dead

c)

The boy stood on the burning deck.