Act 3 Multiple Choice Questions d.
Anything else
Why do Stanhope and the Colonel disagree?
a. Stanhope thinks the Colonel is lazy
b. Stanhope thinks that he is only
interested in drinking
c. Stanhope disagrees with the raid plan
d. Stanhope thinks the raid plans should
be changed
2. Where does the Colonel plan to watch
the raid from?
a. The dug out
b. The front line
c. The trench behind
d. HQ
3. What reason does Stanhope give for 7
being the deadline for reports?
a. They need time to strategize and send
out orders
b. They can’t have their dinner
interrupted
c. They want to inform the Prime
Minister of the attack
d. The Colonel needs to be back in the
trenches for inspection
4. What does the Colonel say he will
recommend Osborne and Raleigh for if
they succeed?
a. Leave
b. Military Cross
c. Command of their own Company
d. Future missions
5. What does Osborne ask Stanhope to take
care of for him
a. His copy of Alice in Wonderland
b. His washing powder
c. His pipe
d. His wedding ring, watch and letter
6. How does Osborne describe his emotions
about the raid?
a. Excited and pent up
b. Anxious to get going
c. Empty
d. Worried
7. What does Osborne want to talk about?
a. The raid
b. The future
c. The past
8. How does Sherriff highlight the violence
of the raid while it is happening?
a. He uses men’s shouting
b. He uses a narrator
c. He uses bombs and gunfire
d. He uses silence
9. How does the Colonel feel about the raid?
a. He thinks it was a success
b. He thinks it was a disaster
c. He doesn’t think about it; only the
men
d. He wishes it hadn’t happened
10. How does Raleigh act when he returns
to the dugout?
a. He is excited and volunteers for
future raids
b. He leaves to write a letter home
about it
c. He can’t speak
d. He is crying and shaking
11. What does Stanhope say to Raleigh?
a. He congratulates him
b. He tells him he can speak to him if he
needs to
c. He doesn’t say anything
d. He asks if he has to sit on Osborne’s
bed
12. How does Sherriff highlight the
celebration of the evening?
a. The men are in ‘dress’ uniforms
b. The lighting is brighter
c. They are playing music
d. They are singing
13. What body part are the men discussing
being happy with?
a. Legs
b. Arms
c. Penis
d. Eyes
14. How do the men ‘bond’ after dinner?
a. They look at pictures of women
b. They talk about their lives
c. They talk about Osborne
 d. They ridicule Raleigh
15. What does Raleigh tell Hibbert about
the men?
a. They’re lazy
b. They’re beneath him
c. He likes being with them more than
the officers
d. He wishes that he was more like them
16. Why does the atmosphere change after
this?
a. Stanhope is angry and shouts at the
others
b. Stanhope begins to insult Raleigh
c. Stanhope is too drunk and breaks
down
d. Stanhope talks about Osborne
17. How does Sherriff suggest that the men
don’t know each other?
a. Stanhope doesn’t know Trotter’s
name
b. Stanhope doesn’t know how Trotter
really feels
c. Trotter doesn’t know Stanhope’s
name
d. Trotter doesn’t know what Hibbert is
thinking
18. What does Trotter become before he
leaves?
a. Second in command
b. Captain
c. Lieutenant
d. Colonel
19. What technique does Sherriff use when
he describes the ‘mist rising’?
a. Pathetic Fallacy
b. Rhetorical parallelism
c. Synecdoche
d. Tricolon
20. What does Raleigh say that Sergeant
Baker suggested?
a. He go back to the dugout
b. He eat with the men
c. He try and get sent home
d. He went out on another raid
21. Why is Stanhope angry with Raleigh?
a. He insulted him
b. He took the men’s food
c. He was insulting the men
d. He showed weakness
22. What reason does Raleigh give for not
eating his dinner?
a. He is too full after eating with the
men
b. He doesn’t like chicken
c. He can’t forget Osborne’s death
d. He is too broken by the raid
23. What reason does Stanhope give for
drinking and smoking?
a. Osborne would have wanted them to
b. He doesn’t want to waste it
c. To forget that Osborne is dead
d. He doesn’t care that Osborne is dead
24. Why does Stanhope say he was half
awake?
a. Too worried about the attack
b. Too upset about Osborne
c. Too cold in the dugout
d. Too loud with the guns
25. What reason does Hibbert give for
wanting water?
a. Nervous about the attack
b. Dried out mouth from champagne
c. Feels sick after the tea
d. He has a headache
26. What reason does Stanhope give for
Hibbert’s water?
a. Wasting as much time as possible
b. He drank too much last night
c. The tea was bad
d. He is dehydrated
27. How does Stanhope react to the news of
Corporal Ross’ injury?
a. He is panicked and wants to make sure
he is OK
b. He doesn’t initially react and remains
calm
c. He suggests they bring him into the
dugout to shelter
d. He doesn’t care
28. What injury has Raleigh suffered?
a. Shrapnel in the face
b. Shrapnel in the back
c. Shrapnel in the leg
 d. Shrapnel in the arm

29. What does Stanhope tell the Sergeant-

Major to do with Raleigh?
a. Put him with the injured Ross
b. Take him down the Fosse Way
c. Leave him where he is
d. Bring him into the dugout

30. Where does Stanhope have Raleigh put?

a. In his bed
b. On the table
c. On the floor
d. On Osborne’s bed

31. What does Stanhope do to Raleigh?

a. Shakes him
b. Ignored him
c. Covers him with a blanket
d. Uses his jacket as a pillow

32. What does Raleigh compare his wound to?

a. Being hit by a car
b. A previous rugby injury
c. Being bitten by a bug
d. Being hit by his sister

33. What reason does Stanhope give for

Raleigh going home?
a. He is too young
b. He doesn’t want him there
c. He has got a Blighty one
d. He will never walk again

34. Why does Raleigh tell Stanhope he

doesn’t have to stay?
a. If he wants to be getting on
b. He was horrible to him
c. He clearly doesn’t want him there
d. He wants to join the others

35.How does Stanhope show his sorrow at

Raleigh’s death?
a. He cries
b. He kisses his forehead
c. He touches his head
d. He screams

36. How does Sherriff end the play?

a. With a voice over
b. With the sound of birds tweeting
c. With the sound of gunfire
d. With the sound of men screaming