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Literature Subject Test
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■ SAT II Subject Tests
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46. The central point of the poem is that
(A) death is sometimes welcome relief
(B) organized battles are glorious
(C) war is not at all kind
(D) fighting is sometimes unavoidable
(E) war is kind because death is oblivion
47. The poem is addressed to which of the following?
I.
A soldier’s lover
II.
A soldier’s child
III. A soldier’s mother
(A) I only
(B) III only
(C) I and II only
(D) II and III only
(E) I, II, and III
48. The phrase “little souls” (line 7) probably
refers to
(A) the enemy
(B) young boys
(C) ordinary soldiers
(D) commanding officers
(E) the corpses
49. The phrase “the unexplained glory” that flies
above the men (line 9) probably refers to
(A) the regimental flag
(B) an aircraft
(C) a soldier’s hands
(D) clouds
(E) the sound of drums
50. The change in tempo in the second and fourth
stanzas is designed to suggest
(A) sporadic gunfire
(B) galloping horses
(C) marching feet
(D) flapping material
(E) falling bodies
51. The poet chose the eagle with a crest of red
and gold (line 18) in order to
(A) dramatize the loss of life that occurs in war
(B) highlight the seeming glory of war
(C) emphasize the bravery of the men
(D) echo the sound of the regimental drums
(E) create a contrast between animals and men
52. The “swift blazing flag of the regiment” (line
17) is a parallel to