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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "The Sniper".
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What complicates the sniper's final shot?
(a) His confusion and fear.
(b) His hunger and fatigue.
(c) The glare and noise.
(d) The distance and his pain.
2. In the opening of the story, machine guns fire "spasmodically." How are they firing?
(a) Loudly.
(b) In brief bursts with no regular pattern.
(c) Continuously.
(d) With a deep reverberating sound.
3. In the context in which it is used in "The Sniper," how is "draught" (96) pronounced?
(a) It rhymes with "raft."
(b) It rhymes with "taught."
(c) It rhymes with "out."
(d) It rhymes with "rocked."
4. What do the Free Staters want?
(a) A united Ireland under British rule.
(b) A united Ireland under Irish rule.
(c) A united Ireland under joint rule between the British and the Irish.
(d) A divided Ireland, one part ruled by Ireland, one part ruled by Britain.
5. Toward the end of the story, the sniper feels "remorse" (98). What is he feeling?
(a) Regret.
(b) Boredom.
(c) Fury.
(d) Confusion.
Short Answer Questions
1. When he finally gets a clear shot at his enemy, what is the protagonist feeling?
2. What finally changes the way that the sniper is feeling?
3. In order to fool his enemy, what does the sniper lift over the parapet?
4. In his distress, what does the sniper do with his revolver?
5. The conflicting descriptions of the sniper that make him sound both young and mature are an example of what technique?
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