Casualty - Analysis Quiz

What event leads to the fisherman's death in Seamus Heaney's "Casualty"?

Question Answer Choices Going fishing during a storm Going out for a drink after curfew Getting caught in a crossfire Participating in a political protest

What event does Seamus Heaney's poem 'Casualty' react to?

Question Answer Choices The Irish Civil War The Battle of the Boyne Bloody Sunday The Easter Rising

What does the water imagery in Seamus Heaney's "Casualty" symbolize?

Question Answer Choices The fisherman's journey towards redemption The fisherman's relationship with his family The fisherman's ties to fishing and drinking The fisherman's battle with political unrest

What event in the poem "Casualty" represents a loss of innocence for the narrator?

Question Answer Choices The fisherman winning a fishing competition The narrator moving to a new city The death of the fisherman in a terrorist bomb blast The narrator discovering a hidden family secret

Which literary theory is suggested for analyzing Heaney's "Casualty"?

Question Answer Choices Post-colonial literature Feminist literature Ecocriticism Psychoanalytic literature

What literary approach analyzes how oppression leads to class conflict in Heaney's "Casualty"?

Question Answer Choices Post-modernist Structuralist Feminist Marxist

What is the rhyme scheme of Seamus Heaney's poem 'Casualty'?

Question Answer Choices Free verse AABB ABAB ABCB

What does the terrorist bomb blast in "Casualty" reveal about the supposed solidarity of the narrator's tribe?

Question Answer Choices It strengthens the solidarity of the tribe It highlights the tribe's commitment to peace It exposes the solidarity as phony and hollow It shows the tribe's unity in times of crisis

What natural element does the poet associate with the fisherman's presence in Seamus Heaney's "Casualty"?

Question Answer Choices Fire Water Wind Earth

How does the fisherman in "Casualty" respond to threats from his own community?

Question Answer Choices He would not yield He decided to move away He joined the terrorists He stopped going to bars