CaptainWolf1213 Read the excerpt from Not About Heroes on… Read the excerpt from Not About Heroes on pages 6 to 10 of your Readings
Booklet and answer questions 19 to 30.
19. Lines 10 to 18 suggest that Sassoon’s book
A. has been published illegally
B. has been written by a madman
C. is out of favor with the authorities
D. is inferior to books written by Shelley and Rupert Brooke
20. Rupert Brooke was another war poet. Sassoon’s comment “And positively
impregnable with Rupert Brooke” (lines 17-18) suggests that
A. Brooke was a supportive friend
B. Brooke was older and more established
C. Brooke’s writing reinforced patriotic values
D. Brooke’s writing was politically dangerous
21. Sassoon’s choice of the words “impregnable” (line 18) and “tactics” (line 67) is
appropriate in that
A. these words reflect aspects of war
B. Owen is very defensive and protective
C. Sassoon is aggressive in his dealings with Owen
D. both men have been defeated by their experiences
22. Owen’s comment “Or what m-may be wrong with him” (line 27) serves to remind
the reader of
A. the danger of personal prejudices
B. the significance of the setting
C. Owen’s speech impediment
D. Owen’s cowardice
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23. The line that BEST indicates Owen’s familiarity with Sassoon’s book is
A. “I wondered if you might inscribe them for me” (line 36)
B. “For friends. And my mother” (line 41)
C. “I’ve made a list” (line 50)
D. “Er . . . ‘Absolution’?” (line 57)
24. In lines 67 to 75, Sassoon and Owen agree that
A. poetry is not the sole domain of soldiers
B. Sassoon’s poetry puts forth false images
C. it is harder to write poetry than it is to win medals
D. anti-war poetry is more convincing when written by a soldier
25. Lines 80 to 9 1 suggest that the battle of Gallipoli resulted in
A. a demoralizing defeat
B. proof that military strategy is timeless
C. a military success reflecting the genius of the Greeks
D. public awareness of the horror of aggressive behavior
26. The contrast between the Bishop’s description of “the boys” in lines 1 1 1 and 112
and the boys’ reply (lines 1 13 to 1 17) is BEST described as
A. ironic
B. didactic
C. symbolic
D. metaphoric
27. Sassoon’s view of the success of his own efforts to change society’s attitude to war
could BEST be described as
A. cynical
B. flippant
C. satisfied
D. hypocritical
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28. In this excerpt, Owen’s question “Will you teach me the words?” (line 148)
serves to
A. lessen Sassoon’s suspicions
B. foreshadow Owen’s final line
C. emphasize Owen’s shame
D. reinforce the setting
29. Sassoon’s guardedness is MOST DIRECTLY indicated by
A. “SASSOON, having got so near, reacts in character by ducking away”‘
(lines 148-149)
B. “I’m not sure I want to know what you mean” (line 154)
C. “Who is this one for?” (line 161)
D. “Who are you?” (line 173)
30. The dominant message of this excerpt is MOST DIRECTLY stated in
A. “It’s much harder to win the medal than to throw it away” (line 69)
B. “If you love someone, that person has to know all that you are” (line 127)
C. “We are the only ones who can help them to imagine. If they know the truth,
the killing will have to stop!” (lines 146-147)
D. “The pleasure was mine. The . . . astonishment was mine also” (line 170)
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