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- 1. Multiple Choice
Complete the quotation: "In his darkroom he was finally alone, with _______ of _________ set out in ordered rows."
Rolls of film
Hundreds of pictures
Spools of suffering
Pictures of war
- 2. Multiple Choice
Which technique can be seen in the phrase "spools of suffering"?
Sibilance
Adverbs
Simile
Repetition
- 3. Multiple Choice
What does Duffy compare the war photographer to?
A surgeon looking to help people.
A priest preparing to intone a mass.
A soldier suffering on a battlefield.
A detective searching for the truth.
- 4. Multiple Choice
Why might a priest be a suitable comparison for the photographer?
Priests deliver funeral services to remember and honour the dead.
Priests believe in God.
Priests offer advice to people who are struggling.
Priests lead communities of people.
- 5. Multiple Choice
Complete the quotation "His hands which did not ________ then, though seem to now."
Shake
Quiver
Suffer
Tremble
- 6. Multiple Choice
Why might the photographer's hands be trembling?
He's tired.
The memories of the conflict are affecting him.
He's cold.
- 7. Multiple Choice
What is the name for when a poet puts a full stop, exclamation mark, or question mark in the middle of a line of poetry?
Caesura
Enjambment
Assonance
Sibilance
- 8. Multiple Choice
What is the name of the technique that involves a poet not putting any punctuation at the end of a line of poetry?
Caesura
Enjambment
Assonance
Sibilance
- 9. Multiple Choice
Who is the "half-formed ghost" the photographer sees?
His conscience
A British soldier
His father
A fatally injured person he photographed in the conflict.
- 10. Multiple Choice
Where is the photographer in the poem?
Photographing a wounded soldier
Alone in his darkroom
Having a conversation with the editor of a newspaper
Photographing an explosion
- 11. Multiple Choice
Complete the line "how the blood ________ into foreign dust".
Dripped
Fell
Stained
Poured
- 12. Multiple Choice
Complete the line: "A hundred __________ in black and white."
Agonies
Pictures
Moments
Stories
- 13. Multiple Choice
What is the last phrase of the poem?
Remember the fallen
He suffers alone
For Sunday's supplement
They do not care
- 14. Multiple Choice
How does the photographer feel about his editor?
He's doing his best to inform the public.
He doesn't care enough about the suffering.
He's thorough in his research.
He wants to show the complete truth in his newspaper.
- 15. Multiple Choice
Which statement best describes the poem's attitude to power?
Objects can contain a lot of power.
Memories can be very powerful.
Conflict can have power over people who aren't fighting.
All of the above.
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