Quiz for Evaluating the Evidence 25.1: Poetry in the Trenches

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1. What was the central message of McCrae’s “In Flanders Fields”?

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Correct. The answer is c. Speaking for the Allied dead, McCrae urged the living to “take up our quarrel with the foe.”
Incorrect. The answer is c. Speaking for the Allied dead, McCrae urged the living to “take up our quarrel with the foe.”
1. What was the central message of McCrae’s “In Flanders Fields”?

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2. Wilfred Owen’s graphic description of war in the trenches in “Dulce et Decorum Est” was meant to

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Correct. The answer is a. Owen was determined to demonstrate that there was nothing ennobling or heroic about the reality of combat on the Western Front.
Incorrect. The answer is a. Owen was determined to demonstrate that there was nothing ennobling or heroic about the reality of combat on the Western Front.
2. Wilfred Owen’s graphic description of war in the trenches in “Dulce et Decorum Est” was meant to

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3. Which of these is emphasized in Siegfried Sassoon’s “Attack”?

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Correct. The answer is d. Sassoon’s description of an assault emphasized the weapons and equipment used, making specific mention of tanks, wire, bombs, guns, shovels, battle-gear, and wrist watches.
Incorrect. The answer is d. Sassoon’s description of an assault emphasized the weapons and equipment used, making specific mention of tanks, wire, bombs, guns, shovels, battle-gear, and wrist watches.
3. Which of these is emphasized in Siegfried Sassoon’s “Attack”?