Explanation and answers For The Coming Of War Acteon questions

Ezra Pound “The Coming of War: Acteon”

1)    “harsher than granite” describes  what?

A.     The text explicitely says sea

B.     The River Lethe is a symbol not a physical piece of the poem

C.     The text explicitely says Sea

D.     Acteon is not mentioned till the end of the piece

E.     The ancient people

Answer : C

2)     “Acteon of golden greaves!/ Over fair meadows,/ over the cool face of that field” this line references what?

A. Acteon was a Greek hero and died with honor

B. Acteon falls with bravery within his myth however this is not the metaphor Pound wished to create

C. Acteon does defy a god however his death was a punishment for a crime that was never done

D. The piece is not about any ancients

E. Acteon symbolizes the death of innocence within war

Answer: E

3)    “An Image of Lethe” brings to mind all except?

A.     Lethe is a mythical river of forgetfullness

B.     Lethe is a piece of Hades however it is not the river of death

C.     Lethe itself caused memory loss and was the last piece in order to gain entrance to Hades

D.     Lethe is about forgetfulness not hardship

E.     The image of Lethe does bring about the destruction of the world as we know it however C is the better answer

Answer: C

4)    Within the poem Acteon represents what?

A.     Acteon  represents the uncalled for death of innocence within all of us during hard times

B.     Acteon was a Greek Hero therefore he never showed any signs of cowardice

C.     The Poem does not deal with  rallying people

D.     Acteon is a metaphor for the uncalled for death and not a physical statue of the hero

E.      There is no mention of a group of ancient people

Answer: A

5)    In the Poem  the final line “the silent corte’ge” refers to what?

I Those who have lost innocence

II  The past and how humanity continually looks to it for guidance

III  The inability for humanity to stand up for what is right.

A This is correct as the whole poem continually works to expose the loss of innocence and it’s effect on the human psyche

B The poem does not deal with the past and it’s effect on today’s society

C see B

D  Humanity does not condone the destruction of innocence however the poem does not deal with this

E  see B and D

Answer: a