Dulce et Decorum Est Quotes + Context

Question 1

When did Wilfred Owen die?

Answer 1

In WW1, 4th NOV 1918

Question 2

What made Dulce a reliable poem?

Answer 2

Owen having first hand experience

Question 3

What was Dulce as poem trying to do?

Answer 3

Protest against the government and war supporters

Question 4

What had happened to Owen before his death?

Answer 4

He’d been taken to hospital and treated for PTSD

Question 5

What does Dulce et Decorum Est Pro patria mori mean?

Answer 5

Sweet and Wonderful to die for ones country

Question 6

Who did Owen meet in hospital?

Answer 6

Siegfried Sassoon

Question 7

Finish the quote: And flound’ring like a man in ….. … …..

Answer 7

fire or lime

Question 8

Finish the quote: As under a ……. ….. , I saw him ………

Answer 8

green sea
drowning

Question 9

Finish the quote: Bent double, like …… ………. under …………

Answer 9

old beggars
sacks

Question 10

Finish the quote: Come ………………. from the ……………… lungs

Answer 10

gargling
froth-corrupted

Question 11

What does ‘Dulce et Decorum Est pro patria mori’ stand for?

Answer 11

Sweet and Honourable to die for ones country