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Refugee Blues revision quiz
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1Which popular musical form does Auden adopt for this poem?
- AThe Blues
- BRock and Roll
- CJazz
- DBeebop
2W.H Auden was an American Jewish poet.
- ATrue
- BFalse
3Each stanza of the poem uses the a,a,b rhyme scheme of traditional Blues music.
What is meant by an a,a,b rhyme scheme?
- AThe final words in lines 1 and 2 rhyme whilst the final word of the third line is different
- BThe final words of all three lines rhyme with each other
- CThe final words of lines 1 and 2 start with the letter a whilst the final word of the third line always starts with the letter b
4Annotate these two stanzas from the poem to show how rhyme is being used to emphasise particular ideas.
- AFull rhyme = strong connection
- BPartial rhyme = weak connection
- CContrasting ideas = dehumanization
- DSimilar ideas = just like them
- EFull rhyme again
- FHalf rhyme again
- GDeath comes at a word
- HDeath cannot come at a word
- IFinal word of stanza defiantly different
- JContinues semantic field of death
5The focus of the poem shifts from the individual circumstances of the speaker to that of the world at large. Which of the following lists indicates the development of the poem's focus?
- APlaces of habitation, official bodies, animal world, natural world
- BHome, work, outside, inside
- CDomestic, professional, official, natural
6Thought I heard thunder rumbling in the sky.
This is an example of pathetic fallacy.
- ATrue
- BFalse
7Is this poem written in the first, second or third person?
- AFirst
- BSecond
- CThird
8Why does Auden choose the Blues form for this poem?
- AIt is poem about the injustice of persecution based on race. Living in America he would have been aware of the persecution faced by Black Americans and in using the Blues form here he highlights this by linking it to Hitler's persecution of the Jews which everyone agreed was wrong.
- BHe did it to highlight the hypocrisy of Americans who condemned Hitler for persecuting the Jews whilst at the same time persecuting Black Americans in their own country
- CHe loved the Blues and this was just part of a series pf poems he wrote in which he adopted different musical forms.
9Which aspects of the poem are used to convey the speaker's sense of loss and anxiety? Choose all that apply.
- AThe form. The Blues traditional focuses on negative aspects of life, often loss.
- BThe refrain. It creates a wistfulness and feeling of lost possibilities.
- CThe contrasts. These show what life was like and how it is now suggesting loss.
- DPathetic fallacy. The thunder represents danger and connotes the speaker's anxiety about what is to come.
- EThe a,a,b rhyme scheme
- FThe references to animals. These would have been pets but aren't now.
10This poem was written after the Nazi atrocities at Auschwitz had been discovered.
- ATrue
- BFalse
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- A quiz helping learners to revise key aspects of Auden's poem Refugee Blues
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- Sarah Holmes
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- English
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