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THE CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE

Comprehension Questions (Module 2)

1. About which war was "The Charge of the Light Brigade" written?
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2. According to the first stanza of "The Charge of the Light Brigade",


how many British forces rode into the battle?
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3. In stanza one, what does the phrase the Valley of Death refer to?
The valley where ________________________________/
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4. Why do you think the poet refers the valley as The Valley of
Death?
It is because the soldiers knew that
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5. Why did the soldiers ride to their death?


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6. In stanza 1, what was the light brigade ordered to do?


They were ordered to -
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7. What kind of weapons did the Light Brigade have?


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8. What weapons did their opponents/enemies have?


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9. In stanza 2, what does the word dismayed suggest?


It means to
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10. Did the British soldiers feel discouraged? Why?


No, they did not. It was because
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11. In stanza 2, what does the line Someone had blundered


suggests?
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12. Write the meanings of the following lines:


i. Theirs not to reply :
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ii. Theirs not to reason why :
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iii. Theirs but to do and die :
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13. Who won the battle?
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14. Give two adjectives to describe the six hundred men?


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15. If you were in the army and your commander told you to fight
in a battle where you would most likely die, what would you do?
Why?
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16. Do you believe that war is sometimes necessary? Why?


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17. Is it noble to follow orders without asking questions? Why?


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SBS/SMKI/FEB 2016

OPTIONS

Six hundred The Crimean war They had to they were


obey their carrying out
commanders their duty and if
order. they were to die,
they would die
with honour
The British The Russian Lose your Cannons, rifles
soldiers rode soldiers courage /
they were going Spears, swords the battle move forward on
to lose in the and bows occured a frontal assault
battle and they against a well-
would die. armed Russian
soldiers/ to
attack the
Russian soldiers
The be overcome by They had to the leader had
commanding terror or sadness obey the made a mistake
officer had made command of in giving order
a stupid and their leader.
clumsy mistake
by ordering them
to charge the
well-prepared
Russian soldiers
Courageous/ The soldiers They must follow All they could do
brave/ noble/ must not talk the orders was to ride and
heroic/ loyal/ back to their without asking fight and
patriotic/obedien commanders. why. possibly die in
t the battle.

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