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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 131-144.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does the speaker try to wake a soldier in "Futility?"
(a) By shaking him.
(b) With smelling salts.
(c) By moving him into the sun.
(d) By tossing water in his face.

3. Who rises above the battlefield with the speaker in "The Show?"
(a) God.
(b) Death.
(c) An enemy soldier.
(d) His father.

4. Who or what laughs at the soldiers in "The Last Laugh?"
(a) Enemy soldiers.
(b) Dogs.
(c) Weapons.
(d) God.

5. Where does the soldier wake up in "Conscious?"
(a) In a trench.
(b) In a prison.
(c) Behind enemy lines.
(d) In a hospital.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to "Sonnet: To a Child," what do children realize about the world that affects their wisdom?

2. "Sonnet Autumnal" uses the end of summer as an analogy for the end of ___________.

3. How many soldiers are killed in "The Last Laugh?"

4. What is the mood of the people walking down the street in "Six o'clock in Princes Street?"

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

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