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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to "Sonnet: To a Child," what do children realize about the world that affects their wisdom?
(a) It is evil.
(b) It is a dream.
(c) It is deceptive.
(d) It is fleeting.

2. Where may soldiers never reach in "To a Comrade in Flanders?"
(a) The sky.
(b) Heaven.
(c) Earth.
(d) Home.

3. When were the soldiers happy, according to "Happiness?"
(a) In the moments before battle.
(b) When they were in love.
(c) When they were children.
(d) In the moments after battle.

4. What color are the woman's eyes in "The Imbecile?"
(a) Gray.
(b) Green.
(c) Blue.
(d) Hazel.

5. What was Owen's biggest complaint on the front lines of the war?
(a) The food.
(b) The mud.
(c) The cold.
(d) The crowds.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the speaker of "Cramped in that Funnelled Hole" call the hole?

2. Whom does the speaker want to stay with in "My Shy Hand?"

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

4. Who organized many of Owen's remaining poems?

5. What does the speaker find in every sound in "All Sounds have been as Music?"

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the speaker compare people to in "O World of many Worlds?" What does he compare himself to?

2. What is the purpose of "Winter Song?"

3. What are the four gems in "Spells and Incantation?" What does each represent?

4. Why is the woman in "The Imbecile" an imbecile? Who thinks this of her?

5. What is the contrast in "Six o' clock in Princes Street?"

6. What is the hole cut in Europe? Why is it called "the Path of Glory?"

7. What is personification? How does Owen use it in "Cramped in that Funnelled Hole?"

8. What early poem of Owen's does Blunden admire most? What was the poem's inspiration?

9. What does "The Roads Also" reveal about the effects of war?

10. Into what two phases does Blunden divide Owen's life as a poet? What do these titles mean?

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