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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened to the soldier in "The Dead-Beat?"
(a) He was sent home.
(b) He was sent back to the front.
(c) He died.
(d) He was court martialed.

2. When is news of the soldier delivered in "The Dead-Beat?"
(a) The next day.
(b) A week later.
(c) News is never delivered.
(d) Hours later.

3. Whom is the speaker writing to in "The Letter?"
(a) His sister.
(b) His father.
(c) His mother.
(d) His wife.

4. Where does the speaker believe he is in "Mental Cases?"
(a) Prison.
(b) Hell.
(c) Home.
(d) On the front.

5. Where do the soldiers seek refuge in "The Sentry?"
(a) A foxhole.
(b) A warehouse.
(c) A dugout.
(d) An abandoned guard tower.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first poem in Collected Poems?

2. In what season does "Exposure" take place?

3. Why can't the soldier forget in "Mental Cases?"

4. When did Owen arrive on the front as an infantryman in World War I?

5. Men who become immune to the horrors of war are what, according to "Insensibility?"

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