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  • Which is not a synonym of the others?
    courage
    valour
    bravery
    lily livered
  • What does this line mean? "For what is sunk will hardly swim"
    That someone is dead.
  • How many British soldiers died in WWI?
    1.1 million
    880,000
    440,000
    660,000
  • They fell with their faces to the foe. What does "foe" mean?
    a type of canon
    the enemy
    the ground
    an old word for "sun"
  • What are poppies? In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row,...
    flowers
    trees
    a type of wind
    birds
  • Which of these is NOT a commonwealth country? (Teacher will explain Commonwealth)
    Kenya
    The US
    India
    Jamaica
  • When did WWI end?
    1918
  • Which country is Flanders in?
    Belgium
  • The soil in some parts of France is still poisoned as a result of the arms used in WWI.
    True
    False
  • Why does the poet say "Drunk with fatigue"? What does it suggest?
    That the person is so tired that they appear drunk as they walk.
  • Rudyard Kipling ("My boy Jack") also wrote this story which was made into a famous Disney film.
    Pinocchio
    The Jungle Book
    The 7 Dwarves
    The Hunchback of Notre Dame
  • PTSD used to be called:
    rifle shock
    shell shock
    canon shock
    grenade shock
  • What did the German and British soldiers do on Christmas Day 1914? They stopped fighting and
    they did a type of shot putt with their weapons.
    they played Rugby.
    they ran races.
    they played football.
  • Why were poppies chosen to represent Remembrance Day?
    They grew well in the soil conditions in Flanders.
    They represent blood.
    Due to a story about poppies during the war.
    Because they grow in November.
  • How many horses were used by Britain in WW1?
    120,000
    12 million
    1.2 million
  • "Take up our quarrel with the foe". What does quarrel normally mean?
    discussion
    fight
    argument
    conversation
  • And towards our distant rest began to trudge. What does "trudge" mean?
    run slowly
    walk heavily
    crawl
  • What does the poet mean at the end of these lines?: "If I should die, think only this of me: That there’s some corner of a foreign field That is for ever England."
    That he will be buried somewhere other than England.
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