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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 35-49.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Owen's preface says his poems are about __________.
(a) Love.
(b) Himself.
(c) War.
(d) Men.

2. According to "Apologia Pro Poemate Meo," what feeling is fleeting for soldiers in war?
(a) Anger.
(b) Fear.
(c) Joy.
(d) Peace.

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

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

5. Where are the soldiers headed in "The Send-Off?"
(a) Home.
(b) To prison.
(c) To the front.
(d) To a military hospital.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Owen attend college?

2. According to "Apologia Pro Poemate Meo," what does life become in war?

3. Where did Owen go after leaving his position as an assistant?

4. What caused Owen to mature as a poet, according to the author of the Introduction?

5. Whose poems are in Collected Poems?

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