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Quiz for Viewpoints 28.1: Poetry of the Great War

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1. Which of these poets questioned the justness of the war?

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Correct: The answer is c. Of these three poets, only Owen offered a critique of the war, suggesting that young men were dying for a lie.
Incorrect: The answer is c. Of these three poets, only Owen offered a critique of the war, suggesting that young men were dying for a lie.
1. Which of these poets questioned the justness of the war?

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2. Brooks’s “The Soldier” suggests which of the following?

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Correct: The answer is a. Brooks presented English soldiers as both a product of their nation and its embodiment.
Incorrect: The answer is a. Brooks presented English soldiers as both a product of their nation and its embodiment.
2. Brooks’s “The Soldier” suggests which of the following?

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3. Which of these best captures the message of McCrae’s “In Flanders Fields”?

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Correct: The answer is d. McCrae’s dead urged the living to “take up our quarrel with the foe” and complete the task that they began.
Incorrect: The answer is d. McCrae’s dead urged the living to “take up our quarrel with the foe” and complete the task that they began.
3. Which of these best captures the message of McCrae’s “In Flanders Fields”?

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4. Owen’s “Dulce et Decorum Est” described in detail the effects of which of these new weapons?

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Correct: The answer is c. Much of Owen’s poem centered on a detailed description of the horror of a gas attack.
Incorrect: The answer is c. Much of Owen’s poem centered on a detailed description of the horror of a gas attack.
4. Owen’s “Dulce et Decorum Est” described in detail the effects of which of these new weapons?

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5. Which of these contrasts did Owen want his readers to consider?

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Correct: The answer is b. Owen contrasted the horrific reality of death in modern war with the vision of glorious death encapsulated in the Latin motto “Dulce et decorum est [It is sweet and fitting] Pro patria mori [To die for one’s country].”
Incorrect: The answer is b. Owen contrasted the horrific reality of death in modern war with the vision of glorious death encapsulated in the Latin motto “Dulce et decorum est [It is sweet and fitting] Pro patria mori [To die for one’s country].”
5. Which of these contrasts did Owen want his readers to consider?