Starter quiz

  • Which word does Rupert Brooke's 'The Soldier' end on?
    • hell
    • heaven  ✓
    • England
    • home
  • What effect does personification create?
    • An emotional connection between humans and animals.
    • An emotional connection between humans and objects.  ✓
    • An emotional distance between humans and animals.
    • An emotional distance between humans and objects.
  • Why does Rupert Brooke use religious imagery in 'The Soldier'?
    • To imply that England is worthy of worship.  ✓
    • To encourage the reader to go to church.
    • To suggest that soldiers will be punished for fighting in the war.
  • The concluding sentence should summarise your argument with a clear focus on the ______ intentions.
    • 'writer's' ✓
  • What does the 'how' part of a question mean you should analyse?
    • Contemporary reactions
    • Language, form and structure  ✓
    • Readers' reactions
    • Modern interpretation
  • Rupert Brooke's 'The Soldier' implies that England acted as a parental figure to the soldier - which quote best exemplifies this?
    • 'A dust whom England bore, shaped, made aware'  ✓
    • 'In that rich earth a richer dust concealed'
    • 'Washed by the rivers, blest by suns of home.'
    • 'That is for ever England.'
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