Mametz Wood

Question 1

Who wrote ‘Mametz Wood’?

Answer 1

Owen Sheers

Question 2

When was ‘Mametz Wood’ written?

Answer 2

2005

Question 3

What was is described in ‘Mametz Wood’?

Answer 3

WWI

Question 4

Which battle is described in ‘Mametz Wood’?

Answer 4

Battle of the Somme

Question 5

What nationality is Owen Sheers?

Answer 5

Welsh

Question 6

Who does ‘Mametz Wood’ describe?

Answer 6

38th Welsh Division
farmers

Question 7

Who were the soldiers in ‘Mametz Wood’?

Answer 7

38th Welsh Division

Question 8

finish the quote : ‘for years…

Answer 8

…afterwards the farmers found them’

Question 9

How many soldiers died at Mametz Wood?

Answer 9

4000

Question 10

How did Sheers come about writing Mametz Wood?

Answer 10

visited site on 85th anniversary to produce a short film on 2 authors who wrote about their experience

Question 11

When did Sheers visit Mametz Wood?

Answer 11

on 85th anniversary

Question 12

Why did Sheers visit Mametz Wood?

Answer 12

produce a short film about 2 Welsh authors who wrote about experience

Question 13

finish the quote : ‘the wasted….

Answer 13

…young’

Question 14

finish the quote : ‘turning up….

Answer 14

…under their plough blades’

Question 15

finish the quote : ‘under their…

Answer 15

…plough blades’

Question 16

What does the poem ‘Mametz Wood’ look like when turned vertical?

Answer 16

a ploughed field

Question 17

finish the quote : ‘they tended…

Answer 17

…the land back into itself’

Question 18

finish the quote :’a chit of…

Answer 18

..bone’

Question 19

finish the quote : ‘the relic…

Answer 19

…of a finger’

Question 19

finish the quote : ‘the china plate…

Answer 19

…of a shoulder blade’

Question 20

finish the quote : ‘the blown…

Answer 20

…and broken bird’s egg of a skull’

Question 21

What is a relic?

Answer 21

body part /belonging of saint

Question 22

How does Sheers use religious imagery?

Answer 22

‘relic’
elevates soldiers
presents them as martyrs

Question 23

finish the quote : ‘all mimicked…

Answer 23

…now in flint’

Question 24

finish the quote :'breaking...

Answer 24

..blue in white'

Question 25

finish the quote : 'across this field...

Answer 25

...where they were told to walk not run'

Question 26

finish the quote :'towards...

Answer 26

...the wood'

Question 27

finish the quote : 'nesting...

Answer 27

...machine guns'

Question 28

finish the quote : 'the earth stands...

Answer 28

...sentinel'

Question 29

finish the quote : 'reaching back....

Answer 29

...into itself'

Question 30

finish the quote : 'reminders of...

Answer 30

...what happened'

Question 31

finish the quote : 'like a wound...

Answer 31

...working a foreign body'

Question 32

finish the quote : 'to the surface...

Answer 32

..of the skin'

Question 33

finish the quote : 'this morning...

Answer 33

....twenty men buried in one long grave'

Question 34

finish the quote : 'twenty men buried...

Answer 34

...in one long grave'

Question 35

finish the quote : 'a broken...

Answer 35

...mosaic'

Question 36

finish the quote : 'bone linked...

Answer 36

...arm in arm'

Question 37

finish the quote : 'their skeletons paused...

Answer 37

...mid-dance macabre'

Question 38

finish the quote : 'in boots that...

Answer 38

..outlasted them'

Question 39

finish the quote : 'their socketed heads...

Answer 39

..tilted back at an angle'

Question 40

finish the quote : 'socketed...

Answer 40

...heads'

Question 41

finish the quote : 'tilted back...

Answer 41

....at an angle'

Question 42

finish the quote : 'their jaws...

Answer 42

...those that have them'

Question 43

finish the quote : 'dropped...

Answer 43

...open'

Question 44

finish the quote : 'as if the....

Answer 44

...notes they had sung'

Question 45

finish the quote : 'have only now....

Answer 45

...with this unearthing'

Question 46

finish the quote : 'slipped from...

Answer 46

....their absent tongues'

Question 47

When was the Battle of the Somme?

Answer 47

1916

Question 48

Why did Owen Sheers want to give a voice to the soldiers?

Answer 48

never really acknowledged by public or authority

Question 49

What is the significance of the title?

Answer 49

simplistic militaristic replicates operation or mission

Question 50

What is the significance of the land uses following the war?

Answer 50

agricultural and mining industries significant to Welsh men

Question 51

Give a quote from Sheers about this poem

Answer 51

'strange juxtaposition of its natural present against its too unnatural past'