The First Casualty by Ben Elton (AQA A-Level English Literature A): Quizzes
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According to the epigraph, what becomes the first casualty when war comes?
According to the epigraph, what becomes the first casualty when war comes?
Truth
What two things does Kingsley say the war 'offends' in his key quotation?
What two things does Kingsley say the war 'offends' in his key quotation?
Logic and scale
In the dialogue, what does Kingsley say connects intellect and conscience?
In the dialogue, what does Kingsley say connects intellect and conscience?
Intellect informs right; conscience acts
What does Agnes wish Kingsley had been instead of a principled objector?
What does Agnes wish Kingsley had been instead of a principled objector?
A coward
How does the soldier die in the novel's opening sentence?
How does the soldier die in the novel's opening sentence?
Drowned in mud
What rhetorical questions does Kingsley pose about prosecuting individual crime during war?
What rhetorical questions does Kingsley pose about prosecuting individual crime during war?
What is murder? What is justice?
How does Kingsley describe the heart to show emotional detachment?
How does Kingsley describe the heart to show emotional detachment?
As merely a muscle/pump
What do soldiers not know about the war, according to the overheard conversations?
What do soldiers not know about the war, according to the overheard conversations?
Why it began or continued
What type of bravery does the narrator suggest society misinterprets?
What type of bravery does the narrator suggest society misinterprets?
Defying public consensus
What play on words summarises war's arbitrariness in a cynical observation?
What play on words summarises war's arbitrariness in a cynical observation?
Right vs left