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6. Which is NOT a key text message of "Remains"?
- Conflict is merciless and continual
- Power is finite
- War is destructive
- The past is powerful
7. Fill in the gap: "sort of inside out, pain itself, the ______ of agony"
- image
- idea
- pinnacle
- height
8. How many lines are in the final stanza in "Remains"?
- 3 lines
- 2 lines
- 1 line
- 4 lines
9. Remains is from what collection of poems which also became a film for Channel 4?
- 'The Not Dead'
- 'No Going Back'
- 'The Gulf'
- 'The Desert'
10. Finish the quote: "End of story, except not really. His blood-shadow _________
- waits forever"
- lies in the street"
- stays on the street"
- stains the street"
11. Finish the quote: "And the drink and the drugs won’t ...
- flush him out"
- get rid of the image"
- get him out of my head"
- make my mind go blank"
12. "patrol", "enemy lines" and "dozen rounds" create what kind of semantic field?
13. Which would NOT be an appropriate connotation for the title 'Remains'?
- The mental torment and guilt will not leave
- Every horrific image is imprinted in his mind
- The remains of food left over from rations
- The scattered parts of the dead bodies
14. What structural device is used in the quote: "Then I’m home on leave. But I blink"
- Caesura
- Rhyme
- In media res
- Bathos
15. The phrase "legs it up the road" uses what language device?
- Superlative
- Colloquial language
- Juxtaposition
- Simile