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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What job did Owen take after his position as an assistant?
(a) Tutor.
(b) University professor.
(c) Grammar school teacher.
(d) Accountant.

2. Which of the following did Owen's parents NOT expose him to?
(a) Architecture.
(b) Literature.
(c) Music.
(d) Art.

3. Who is the old man in "The Parable of the Old Man and the Young?"
(a) Abraham.
(b) Isaac.
(c) An unnamed soldier.
(d) Owen.

4. When did Owen arrive on the front as an infantryman in World War I?
(a) January, 1914.
(b) June, 1916.
(c) December, 1916.
(d) August, 1915.

5. According to "Apologia Pro Poemate Meo," what does life become in war?
(a) Irrelevant.
(b) Everything.
(c) Absurdity.
(d) Precious.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what nation was Owen born?

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

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

4. In "Greater Love," which is the lesser love?

5. What marks the passing of the soldiers in "Anthem for Doomed Youth?"

(see the answer key)

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