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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 64-73.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Men who become immune to the horrors of war are what, according to "Insensibility?"
(a) Animals.
(b) Already dead.
(c) Lucky.
(d) On their way to peace.

2. Whom did Owen become an assistant to for money?
(a) A vicar.
(b) An accountant.
(c) A professor.
(d) A lawyer.

3. Who wrote the introduction in Collected Poems?
(a) John Keats.
(b) Alfred, Lord Tennyson.
(c) C. Day Lewis.
(d) Wilfred Owen.

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

5. What caused Owen to mature as a poet, according to the author of the Introduction?
(a) World War I.
(b) The birth of his first child.
(c) His mother's death.
(d) His marriage.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of accent does the speaker use in "The Chances?"

2. What did not scare the speaker of "Disabled" when he joined the military?

3. Owen's preface says his poems are about __________.

4. What happens to the soldier who falls asleep in "Asleep?"

5. Where does the speaker believe he is in "Mental Cases?"

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