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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 102-114.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to the speaker writing in "The Letter?"
(a) He is killed.
(b) He receives a letter.
(c) This is not revealed in the poem.
(d) He is wounded.

2. Where is the soldier in "Inspection?"
(a) At home.
(b) A front line trench.
(c) A hospital ward.
(d) A parade.

3. What does the speaker of "The Show" see slinking into ditches?
(a) Caterpillars.
(b) Soldiers.
(c) Civilians.
(d) Snakes.

4. Who is the old man in "The Parable of the Old Man and the Young?"
(a) Isaac.
(b) Abraham.
(c) Owen.
(d) An unnamed soldier.

5. What are men reading in "Smile, Smile, Smile?"
(a) War propaganda brochures.
(b) Letters from home.
(c) Telegrams from superior officers.
(d) The newspaper.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the speaker hear at dawn in "The Calls?"

2. A statue of whom is left intact in "Le Christianisme?"

3. What happened to the soldier in "The Dead-Beat?"

4. What part of the speaker's body will be destroyed in "A Terre?"

5. According to "Apologia Pro Poemate Meo," what feeling is fleeting for soldiers in war?

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