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Grass
Dulce et Decorum Est
Symbolism in ASP
Characters
Setting
100
Who is the speaker of the poem, "Grass"?
the grass
100
Who wrote "Dulce et Decorum Est"?
Wilfred Owen
100
What does the marble stairs' hardness symbolize?
the hardness of the world/humanity which breaks people who don't conform "If you break the rules, the rules will break you"
100
Who refuses to confess another person is their "best pal"?
Gene
100
A Separate Peace takes place during which war?
WWII
200
What is happening to the soldiers in this poem?
they are being buried
200
What does the imagery of the poem tell us about the soldiers' heroism?
it isn't real; the idea of a war hero is long gone
200
What does the tree symbolize?
The scene of original sin/the garden of Eden
200
Who is the "Christ Figure" of the novel?
Finny
200
The season the novel begins and ends
summer
300
What do the people on the train want to know?
What place is this?
300
What does the speaker say about the idea that dying for your country is noble?
It is a lie.
300
What does Finny's pink shirt symbolize?
His nonconformist personality
300
Who is respected by the other boys as serious and fair and appears to be a natural leader?
Brinker
300
What is the "Christmas Location"?
Leper's home
400
What theme is communicated by the poem?
War and those who die are quickly forgotten.
400
Fill in the blank: "And watch the white eyes writhing in his face,/ His hanging face, like a _________ sick of _______..."
devil's; sin
400
What does the snowfall symbolize?
the impact of the war on the students at Devon
400
Who is a bully?
Quackenbush
400
What is the artwork of the room of the trial?
Portraits of people who had once been important to the school and a young soldier
500
What is named and not named in the poem?
famous battles are named the soldiers are not
500
Fill in the blanks: Bent double, like old _____ under sacks,/ knock-kneed, coughing like ____, we cursed through the sludge..."
beggars; hags
500
What part of nature symbolizes the way that one event like the war will be followed by another, more disastrous, one?
waves at the seashore
500
Who leaves for training first?
Leper
500
What two places on the school grounds were mentioned at the beginning and end of the novel because important events occurred there?
marble stairs and the tree