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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is whispering to the speaker in "Miners?"
(a) The artillery.
(b) The fire.
(c) The wind.
(d) The rain.

2. Whom is the speaker running next to in "To--?"
(a) A girl.
(b) An angel.
(c) A ghost.
(d) An image of himself.

3. "Antaeus: A Fragment" describes a fight between ______ and Antaeus.
(a) God.
(b) Gabriel.
(c) Heracles.
(d) Samson.

4. Until when does the speaker of "The Promisers" search for the person he will meet?
(a) Midnight.
(b) Dinner.
(c) Dark.
(d) The end of the week.

5. Who is the speaker confident he will meet in "The Promisers?"
(a) A child.
(b) A man.
(c) A woman.
(d) His maker.

6. Why are soldiers crouched in a trench in "Cramped in that Funnelled Hole?"
(a) To sleep.
(b) To keep the sun out of their eyes.
(c) To ambush an enemy.
(d) For protection.

7. What is the subject of "Bold Horatius" studying?
(a) A garbage can.
(b) Roman history.
(c) A battle strategy.
(d) An enemy.

8. On what river is the barge in "Hospital Barge at Cerisy?"
(a) The Nile.
(b) The Mississippi.
(c) The Somme.
(d) The Rhein.

9. What is the mood of the people walking down the street in "Six o'clock in Princes Street?"
(a) Meditative.
(b) Somber.
(c) Happy.
(d) Fearful.

10. "O World of many Worlds" uses several stanzas from what other poem in Collected Poems?
(a) "This is the Track."
(b) "Wild With All Regrets."
(c) "Dulce Et Decorum Est."
(d) "Song of Songs."

11. In what year did Owen experience his first gas attack?
(a) 1916.
(b) 1918.
(c) 1915.
(d) 1917.

12. Who destroyed many of Owen's poems?
(a) His mother.
(b) Owen himself.
(c) An editor.
(d) They were destroyed accidentally in a fire.

13. What aspect of youth is appreciated in "Sonnet: To a Child?"
(a) Innocence.
(b) Adventure.
(c) Joy.
(d) Playfulness.

14. What is the first appendix in Collected Poems?
(a) A biography of Owen.
(b) A letter to Owen.
(c) A journal by Owen.
(d) A note from Owen.

15. Who organized many of Owen's remaining poems?
(a) John Keats.
(b) Owen himself.
(c) Siegfried Sassoon.
(d) Edmund Blunden.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the speaker see in "My Shy Hand?"

2. What do the people kiss in "Maundy Thursday?"

3. What time of day does "From My Diary, July 1914" end?

4. What fairy tale is a reworking of Blunden's favorite of Owen's early works?

5. What was Owen's biggest complaint on the front lines of the war?

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