Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow:
The Man He Killed
Had he and I but met
By some old ancient inn,
We should have sat us down to wet
Right many a nipperkin!
But ranged as infantry,
And staring face to face,
I shot at him as he at me,
And killed him in his place.
I shot him dead because —
Because he was my foe,
Just so: my foe of course he was;
That's clear enough; although
He thought he'd 'list, perhaps,
Off-hand like — just as I —
Was out of work — had sold his traps —
No other reason why.
Yes; quaint and curious war is!
You shoot a fellow down
You'd treat if met where any bar is,
Or help to half-a-crown.
1. Who is the speaker in the context of the poem?
(a) old man (b) soldier (c) lad
2. What is he telling about?
(a) about his friend (b) about a war (c) about how he shot a soldier of the enemy
3. Why did the speaker shoot the other person?
4. How could both have met if not in the battlefield?
5. Find a word from the poem which means ‘placed’. (Stanza 2)
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1. (b) soldier
2. (c)
3. Because he thought he was his foe, or fighting for the enemy.
4. By some old ancient inn , having a drink together.
5. ranged
2. (c)
3. Because he thought he was his foe, or fighting for the enemy.
4. By some old ancient inn , having a drink together.
5. ranged
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Answer:
1) soldier
2) about how he shot a soldier of the enemy
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