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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?

  • Life
  • War
  • Nature
  • Hope

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