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Dulce et Decorum est Flashcards

1
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Who wrote ‘Dulce et Decorum Est’?

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Wilfred Owen

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When was ‘Dulce et Decorum Est’ written?

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1918

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What war is described in ‘Dulce et Decorum Est’?

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WWI

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4
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Who is ‘my friend’ that Wilfred Owen refers to?

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Jessie Pope

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Where does Wilfred Owen use sarcasm in ‘Dulce et Decorum Est’?

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‘my friend’

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6
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Was Jessie Pope really Wilfred Owen’s friend?

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no

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7
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Who was Jessie Pope?

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a propaganda poet

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8
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What does ‘Dulce et Decorum Est’ mean?

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it is sweet and it is fitting

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9
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What is interesting about the title ‘Dulce et Decorum Est’?

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only half of the saying

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Why might Wilfred Owen only used half of the saying as the title ‘Dulce et Decorum Est’?

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half of idea of war
-> missing reality of horror

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What imagery is used in ‘Dulce et Decorum Est’?

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water imagery

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12
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finish the quote : ‘bent…

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…double’

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13
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finish the quote : ‘like…

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…old beggars’

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14
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finish the quote : ‘old beggars…

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…under sacks’

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15
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finish the quote : ‘knock…

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…kneed’

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16
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finish the quote : ‘coughing…

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…like hags’

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17
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finish the quote : ‘we…

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…cursed through sludge’

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18
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finish the quote : ‘cursed through…

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…sludge’

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19
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finish the quote : ‘till on the…

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..haunting flares’

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20
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finish the quote : ‘we turned…

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…our backs’

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21
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finish the quote : ‘and towards…

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…our distant rest’

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22
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finish the quote : ‘began to…

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…trudge’

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23
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finish the quote : ‘men marched…

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…asleep’

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24
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finish the quote : ‘many had…

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…lost their boots’

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25
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finish the quote : ‘but limped…

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…on, blood-shod’

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26
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finish the quote : ‘all went…

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…lame ; all blind’

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27
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finish the quote : ‘drunk with…

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…fatigue’

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28
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finish the quote : ‘deaf…

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..even to the hoots’

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29
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finish the quote : ‘hoots of…

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…gas shells dropping’

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30
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finish the quote : ‘gas shells…

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…dropping softly behind’

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31
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finish the quote : ‘dropping…

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…softly behind’

32
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finish the quote : ‘gas!…

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..gas! quick boys’

33
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finish the quote : ‘an ecstasy…

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…of fumbling’

34
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complete the quote : ‘…of fumbling’

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‘an ecstasy…’

35
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finish the quote : ‘fitting the…

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…clumsy helmets just in time’

36
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finish the quote : ‘clumsy…

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…helmets just in time’

37
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finish the quote : ‘but someone was..

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…still yelling out and stumbling’

38
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finish the quote : ‘still…

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…yelling out and stumbling’

39
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finish the quote : ‘and flound’ring…

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like a man in fire or lime’

40
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finish the quote : ‘like a man…

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…in fire or lime’

41
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finish the quote : ‘dim…

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..through the misty panes’

42
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finish the quote : ‘thick..

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…green light’

43
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finish the quote : ‘as under a…

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..green sea’

44
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finish the quote : ‘i saw…

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…him drowning’

45
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finish the quote : ‘in all..

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…my dreams’

46
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finish the quote : ‘before…

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..my helpless sight’

47
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finish the quote : ‘he…

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…plunges at me’

48
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finish the quote : ‘guttering…

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..choking, drowning’

49
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finish the quote : ‘if in some…

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…smothering dreams’

50
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finish the quote : ‘you too could…

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….pace behind the wagon’

51
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finish the quote : ‘the wagon we…

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…flung him in’

52
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finish the quote : ‘watch the…

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..white eyes writhing’

53
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finish the quote : ‘white…

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…eyes writhing’

54
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finish the quote : ‘his hanging…

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…face’

55
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finish the quote : ‘like a…

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…devil’s sick of sin’

56
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finish the quote : ‘if you could…

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…hear’

57
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finish the quote : ‘at every…

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…jolt’

58
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finish the quote : ‘the blood…

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…come gargling’

59
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finish the quote : ‘gargling from the…

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..froth corrupted lungs’

60
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finish the quote : ‘froth…

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…corrupted lungs’

61
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finish the quote : ‘obscene as…

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…cancer’

62
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finish the quote : ‘bitter as…

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…the cud’

63
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finish the quote : ‘of…

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…vile, incurable sores’

64
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finish the quote : ‘incurable sores…

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…on innocent tongues’

65
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finish the quote : ‘my friend…

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..you would not tell’

66
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finish the quote : ‘you would not tell…

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..with such high zest’

67
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finish the quote : ‘such…

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…high zest’

68
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finish the quote : ‘to children…

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…ardent for some desperate glory’

69
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finish the quote : ‘children ardent…

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…for some desperate glory’

70
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finish the quote : ‘the old…

71
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finish the quote : ‘dulce est decorum est…

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..pro patria mori’

72
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What is the significance of the title?

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only half - not truthful
recognisable
latin

73
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How popular were Jessie Pope’s propaganda poems?

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set to music
published daily in newspapers

74
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When did Owen die?

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week before end of war

75
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What did Owen witness?

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first hand warfare at the Front

76
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What type of poems did Jessie Pope write?

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patriotic
jingoistic

77
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Give a quote by Owen

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‘My subject is war, and the pity of war. The Poetry is in the pity’

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