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Mametz Wood Flashcards

1
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Who wrote ‘Mametz Wood’?

A

Owen Sheers

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2
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When was ‘Mametz Wood’ written?

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2005

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3
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What was is described in ‘Mametz Wood’?

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WWI

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Which battle is described in ‘Mametz Wood’?

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Battle of the Somme

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5
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What nationality is Owen Sheers?

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Welsh

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Who does ‘Mametz Wood’ describe?

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38th Welsh Division
farmers

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Who were the soldiers in ‘Mametz Wood’?

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38th Welsh Division

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8
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finish the quote : ‘for years…

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…afterwards the farmers found them’

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9
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How many soldiers died at Mametz Wood?

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4000

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10
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How did Sheers come about writing Mametz Wood?

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visited site on 85th anniversary to produce a short film on 2 authors who wrote about their experience

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11
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When did Sheers visit Mametz Wood?

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on 85th anniversary

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12
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Why did Sheers visit Mametz Wood?

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produce a short film about 2 Welsh authors who wrote about experience

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13
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finish the quote : ‘the wasted….

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…young’

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14
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finish the quote : ‘turning up….

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…under their plough blades’

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15
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finish the quote : ‘under their…

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…plough blades’

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16
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What does the poem ‘Mametz Wood’ look like when turned vertical?

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a ploughed field

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finish the quote : ‘they tended…

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…the land back into itself’

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18
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finish the quote :’a chit of…

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..bone’

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19
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finish the quote : ‘the relic…

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…of a finger’

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19
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finish the quote : ‘the china plate…

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…of a shoulder blade’

20
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finish the quote : ‘the blown…

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…and broken bird’s egg of a skull’

21
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What is a relic?

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body part /belonging of saint

22
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How does Sheers use religious imagery?

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‘relic’
elevates soldiers
presents them as martyrs

23
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finish the quote : ‘all mimicked…

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…now in flint’

24
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finish the quote :’breaking…

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..blue in white’

25
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finish the quote : ‘across this field…

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…where they were told to walk not run’

26
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finish the quote :’towards…

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…the wood’

27
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finish the quote : ‘nesting…

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…machine guns’

28
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finish the quote : ‘the earth stands…

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…sentinel’

29
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finish the quote : ‘reaching back….

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…into itself’

30
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finish the quote : ‘reminders of…

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…what happened’

31
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finish the quote : ‘like a wound…

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…working a foreign body’

32
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finish the quote : ‘to the surface…

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..of the skin’

33
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finish the quote : ‘this morning…

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….twenty men buried in one long grave’

34
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finish the quote : ‘twenty men buried…

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…in one long grave’

35
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finish the quote : ‘a broken…

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…mosaic’

36
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finish the quote : ‘bone linked…

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…arm in arm’

37
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finish the quote : ‘their skeletons paused…

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…mid-dance macabre’

38
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finish the quote : ‘in boots that…

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..outlasted them’

39
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finish the quote : ‘their socketed heads…

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..tilted back at an angle’

40
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finish the quote : ‘socketed…

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…heads’

41
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finish the quote : ‘tilted back…

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….at an angle’

42
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finish the quote : ‘their jaws…

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…those that have them’

43
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finish the quote : ‘dropped…

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…open’

44
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finish the quote : ‘as if the….

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…notes they had sung’

45
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finish the quote : ‘have only now….

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…with this unearthing’

46
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finish the quote : ‘slipped from…

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….their absent tongues’

47
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When was the Battle of the Somme?

A

2016

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