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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In what year was Owen born?
(a) 1892.
(b) 1893.
(c) 1894.
(d) The exact year is not known.

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

4. Where was Owen killed?
(a) Austria.
(b) France.
(c) England.
(d) Germany.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the old man in "The Parable of the Old Man and the Young?"

2. Where does the speaker of "Strange Meeting" realize he is?

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

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

5. What instrument did Owen learn to play?

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