Canadian Citizenship Practice Test 2025

Who wrote 'In Flanders Fields', a poem often recited on Remembrance Day?

1. Dr. Emily Stowe

2. General Sir Arthur Currie

3. Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae

4. Agnes Macphail

The correct answer is: Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae

'In Flanders Fields' was written by Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae, a Canadian poet and physician who served as a medical officer during World War I. Option A, Dr. Emily Stowe, was a prominent Canadian suffragist and physician, but did not write 'In Flanders Fields'. Option B, General Sir Arthur Currie, was a Canadian general during World War I, but he was not the author of the poem. Similarly, Option D, Agnes Macphail, was a Canadian politician but did not write 'In Flanders Fields'. The correct answer is C, Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae.