Question

"Yes; quaint and curious war is!

You shoot a fellow down."

What is the meaning of the phrase "quaint and curious war" is

1. war is strange and old-fashioned
2. war is praise worthy
3. war is condemnable
4. war is essential
5.

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 1 : war is strange and old-fashioned

The correct answer is 'war is strange and old-fashioned'

• The given lines are the lines of the poem 'The Man He killed' by 'Thomas Hardy'
• The given lines mean-
  • "Yup, war is a very strange thing! You end up shooting someone who you'd get along well with in a bar.
• About the author-
  • Thomas Hardy OM (2 June 1840 – 11 January 1928) was an English novelist and poet. A Victorian realist in the tradition of George Eliot, he was influenced both in his novels and in his poetry by Romanticism, including the poetry of William Wordsworth.

So the correct answer is Option 1.