Starter quiz

  • The ''Light Brigade'' in the poem 'Charge of the Light Brigade' refers to...
    • the well-equipped Russian army.
    • the lightly-armed British cavalry.  ✓
    • the British infantry.
  • Why did the Light Brigade go towards the "valley of death" in 'Charge of the Light Brigade'?
    • They were tricked by the enemy to advance
    • They wanted to sacrifice their lives
    • They were given commands to charge for the guns  ✓
  • The line "Theirs not to make reply, theirs not to reason why" from 'Charge of the Light Brigade' reflects the cavalry’s…
    • stealth
    • shock
    • fear
    • obedience  ✓
    • defiance
  • What does Tennyson indirectly cite as the catalyst for the huge suffering and loss of life in 'Charge of the Light Brigade'?
    • low morale in the cavalry
    • poor fighting skill in the cavalry
    • the blunder of the commanding officer  ✓
  • Match each technique that Tennyson uses in 'Charge of the Light Brigade' to the evidence you could use to support it
    • Glorification
      ⇔
      ''Honour the Light Brigade'' ✓
    • Memoralise
      ⇔
      The last stanza and ballad form ✓
    • Euphemism
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      “While horse and hero fell’’ ✓
  • In 'Charge of the Light Brigade', why might Tennyson have glorified the soldiers bravery, used euphemisms to describe their flight and memorialised the soldiers?
    • He was good friends with one of the commanding officers
    • He was Poet Laureate and perhaps had a national duty to celebrate the military  ✓
    • He was asked to censor all gruesome details of the battle
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