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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year did Owen leave home?
(a) 1912.
(b) 1910.
(c) 1911.
(d) 1900.

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

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

4. What poet helped Owen with his literary ambitions?
(a) William Carlos Williams.
(b) Laurent Tailhade.
(c) T. S. Eliot.
(d) John Keats.

5. What is the first poem in Collected Poems?
(a) "Dulce Et Decorum Est."
(b) "Insensibility."
(c) "Greater Love."
(d) "Strange Meeting."

Short Answer Questions

1. According to "Apologia Pro Poemate Meo," what feeling is fleeting for soldiers in war?

2. What two items does a soldier come to appreciate in "Arms and the Boy?"

3. What instrument did Owen learn to play?

4. Which of the following did Owen's parents NOT expose him to?

5. Where was Owen killed?

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