1) When describing the flag which verbs such as 'fluttering' John Agard uses which tense? a) Past participle b) Future c) Past d) Present e) Imagined future 2) John Agard, the poet who wrote 'Flag' was born in which country? a) Uganda b) Kenya c) Hawaii d) Israel e) Guyana 3) Flag has a fixed rigid form with which syllable count? a) 6-6-6 b) 8-6-8 c) 8-8-8 d) 8-7-8 e) 7-6-7 4) The question that begins the fifth stanza is different to the others because it is more..... a) metaphorical b) philisophical c) meteological d) thoughtful e) pragmatic 5) 'Flag' by John Agard uses a simple description of a flag and contrasts this with very powerful symbolism. This is known as...? a) metaphor b) onomatopoeia c) juxtaposition d) oxymoron e) simile 6) Simon Armitage the poet who wrote 'Out of the Blue' was born.... a) in 1970 in Lancashire b) in 1963 in West Yorkshire c) in 1970 in Southamption d) in 1963 in Cumbria e) in 1967 in Greater Manchester 7) After studying 'the effects of TV violence on young offenders' at Manchester Uni, Simon Armitage went on to work as... a) A police officer b) A probation worker c) A prison guard d) A judge e) A criminal psychologist 8) Out of the blue has lots of examples of which poetic devices? a) simile and metaphor b) anaphora and repetition c) simile and repetition d) alliteration and repetition e) repetition and metaphor 9) Simon Armitage uses what poetic device in line 14? a) simile b) juxtaposition c) metaphor d) repetition e) personification 10) What animal does he reference to highlight the man's inability to save himself? a) a bird b) a dragon c) a lion d) a cat e) a pigeon 11) 'Mamez Wood' refers to a memorial on the Somme battlefield which commemorates which nation? a) Scotland b) Ireland c) France d) Wales e) England 12) The words 'relic' and 'mosaic' have connotations of what? a) Old b) Valuable c) Religious d) Roman e) Broken 13) Mametz Wood uses a juxtaposition of what two ideas? a) Old and New b) Rural and Urban c) Natural Present and Unnatural Past d) Life and Death e) Brave Soldiers and Violent War Imagery 14) Mametz Wood was memorable as it was the site of.... a) a shallow grave where the bodies were linked b) the largest battle involving Irish soldiers c) the longest running battle of any World War d) the discovery of a huge Greek ampitheatre 15) Mametz Wood, like other Conflict poems, reference which easy-going lifestyle? a) surfing b) teaching c) sailing d) farming e) orienteering 16) The Yellow Palm is focused on the palm tree as it is a vital source of what? a) food and clothing b) shade and clothing c) food and housing material d) housing material and shade e) food and shade 17) The 'muezzin' refers to ... a) the eldest brother b) the religious speaker c) the call to prayer d) the grieving family e) the killer 18) The Yellow Palm is written in the form of ... a) a ballad b) a sonnet c) a verse d) a haiku e) a ditty 19) The Mother of All Wars refers to ... a) 9/11 b) Gulf War c) WWI d) WWII e) Falklands War 20) The repeated line 'As I made my way down Palestine Street' is known as ... a) a line b) a refrain c) a verse d) a repetition e) anaphora 21) Imtiaz Dharker is a poet and... a) a textiles designer b) a screenwriter c) a polititian d) a TV presenter e) a film-maker 22) The 'voice' of this poem appears to be ... a) angry and stupid b) calm and caring c) maternal and worried d) hot-tempered and silly e) loving and uneducated 23) The Right Word is taken from the 2006 poetry book entitled... a) What's for Dinner? b) Why are there Bad People? c) The Terrorist at my Table d) Terrorists for Dinner e) What's Going On? 24) The Right Word deals with tensions caused by .... a) politics and religion b) religion and sexism c) sexism and race d) race and education e) education and politics 25) Imtiaz Dharker feels that her film-making is similar to poetry writing because... a) her poems have visual references b) editing gives different representations c) she creates sound patterns with her word choices 26) At the Border is inspired by the poet's real experiences aged ... a) 4 b) 5 c) 6 d) 7 e) 8 27) Saddam Hussain is the villain of this poem as he .... a) burnt the Iraqi Kurd's homes b) forced the Iraqi Kurds to constantly move c) bombed the area of Iraqi Kurdistan d) stole money and land from the Iraqi Kurds 28) In line 4 Choman Hardi uses what word to describe what's under her feet? a) earth b) ground c) soil d) dirt e) land 29) The childlike comparison of both lands occurs in which stanza? a) 3 b) 4 c) 5 d) 6 e) 7 30) The choppy/conversational style is meant to show... a) their family is close b) it is a recent memory c) it is a fragmented memory d) she likes to talk e) she can't remember 31) Belfast Confetti is a term which originated from Belfast's.... a) carpark riots b) street riots c) riverside riots d) shipyard riots e) suburban riots 32) Punctuation is used as... a) extended metaphor b) simile c) personification d) repetition e) oxymoron 33) A Saracen is a type of... a) gun b) crossbow c) ship d) car e) tank 34) 'Fusillade' is usually used to describe.... a) weapons b) missiles c) tanks d) gunfire e) shrapnel 35) Ciaran Carson wanted to emphasise this a) love and hate b) chaos and destruction c) hate and chaos d) destructive love e) religion and full stops 36) Jane Weir is a poet as well as a) a textile designer b) a polititian c) a TV presenter d) a film-maker e) a screenwriter 37) Jane Weir has received high praise from which poet? a) John Keats b) Carol Ann Duffy c) Ted Hughes d) Simon Armitage e) Kathleen Jamie 38) Jane Weir's poetry tends to be driven by... a) character b) voice c) sound d) metaphor e) narrative 39) Poppies focuses on a mother/son relationship and Weir said she was thinking of... a) Doris Heaney mother of Seamus b) Betty Wordsworth mother of William c) Susan Owen mother of Wilfred d) Sally Hughes mother of Ted e) Mary Blake mother of William 40) Line 20-21 includes an example of.. a) metaphor b) simile c) juxtaposition d) anaphora e) repetition

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