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ELA 2nd quarter exam
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Embrace | Hold closely or accept |
| Adore | Love and respect |
| Honored | High respect |
| Why might Lucasta think the speaker in the poem is being unkind | The speaker is leaving Luca for war |
| What is the inconstancy that the speaker wants Lucasta to understand | The speaker loves Lucasta but he loves war more |
| What is one thing the speaker loves more than Lucasta | War and honor |
| How many soldiers rode into battle? | 600 |
| What name does the speaker give the valley into which the 600 ride? | The valley of death |
| What does the speaker urge readers to do at the end of the poem? | Honor is the light brigade and their charge |
| Impertinent | Not showing proper respect rude |
| Putrid | Decaying rotting and emitting a fetid smell |
| Vile | Extremely unpleasant |
| What specific mud is the speaker describing in this poem? | Mud in battlefields |
| According to the speaker, for what does the mud have no respect | They don’t have respect for destruction |
| According to the speaker with what does the belly of the mud reek? | The mud reeks with the undigested dead |
| Describe the soldiers physical state at the beginning of the poem | Tired, crippled, sick |
| What causes one of the soldiers to drown in the second stanza? | The poison gas |
| What is the source of the poems title? | The Latin saying that the narrator is trying to prove wrong |