The Unknown Citizen Questions

Multiple Choice Questions

a) Solemn b) Criticizing c) Appreciative d) Condescending

e) Awe-inspired

a) Point out that the Unknown Citizen was a veteran b) Emphasize the lack of individuality that unidentified

soldiers and the unknown citizen share c) Compare the great sacrifices both made in their lifetimes d) Emphasize the “monuments” built for both e) Show how grateful the state was for the services of each

a) Lived a moral life b) Served in the armed forces when he was drafted

Dedicated his resources to the poor around the world d) Was religiously pious e) Fulfilled the expectations of the organizations who describe him throughout the poem c)

a) Show the compassionate side of the organizations b) c) d) e)

from whom the information is gathered Quell doubts surrounding the welfare of the Unknown Citizen Contrast the speaker’s cold views with human emotion Give the second speaker a chance to reassure the first Show that the reader is mistaken for mistrusting the groups

a) Discourage support of the “greater community” b) Encourage individuality and free speech

Satirize government organizations and their demands for conformity d) Contrast the differences in political views of the time e) Praise an example of utilitarian sacrifice c)

a) Solemn b) Criticizing c) Appreciative d) Condescending

e) Awe-inspired

a) Solemn b) Criticizing c) Appreciative

d) Condescending e) Awe-inspired

a) Point out that the Unknown Citizen was a veteran b) Emphasize the lack of individuality that unidentified

soldiers and the unknown citizen share c) Compare the great sacrifices both made in their lifetimes d) Emphasize the “monuments” built for both e) Show how grateful the state was for the services of each

a) Point out that the Unknown Citizen was a veteran

b) Emphasize the lack of individuality that

unidentified soldiers and the unknown citizen share Compare the great sacrifices both made in their lifetimes d) Emphasize the “monuments” built for both e) Show how grateful the state was for the services of each c)

a) Lived a moral life b) Served in the armed forces when he was drafted

Dedicated his resources to the poor around the world d) Was religiously pious e) Fulfilled the expectations of the organizations who describe him throughout the poem c)

a) Lived a moral life b) Served in the armed forces when he was drafted

Dedicated his resources to the poor around the world d) Was religiously pious c)

e) Fulfilled the expectations of the

organizations who describe him throughout the poem

a) Show the compassionate side of the organizations b) c) d) e)

from whom the information is gathered Quell doubts surrounding the welfare of the Unknown Citizen Contrast the speaker’s cold views with human emotion Give the second speaker a chance to reassure the first Show that the reader is mistaken for mistrusting the groups

a) Show the compassionate side of the organizations

from whom the information is gathered b) Quell doubts surrounding the welfare of the Unknown Citizen

c) Contrast the speaker’s cold views with

human emotion d) Give the second speaker a chance to reassure the first e) Show that the reader is mistaken for mistrusting the

groups

a) Discourage support of the “greater community” b) Encourage individuality and free speech

Satirize government organizations and their demands for conformity d) Contrast the differences in political views of the time e) Praise an example of utilitarian sacrifice c)

a) Discourage support of the “greater community” b) Encourage individuality and free speech

c) Satirize government organizations and

their demands for conformity d) Contrast the differences in political views of the time e) Praise an example of utilitarian sacrifice