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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 50-63.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does the speaker try to wake a soldier in "Futility?"
(a) By tossing water in his face.
(b) By shaking him.
(c) With smelling salts.
(d) By moving him into the sun.

3. What does the speaker of "The Show" see slinking into ditches?
(a) Soldiers.
(b) Caterpillars.
(c) Snakes.
(d) Civilians.

4. Whom did Owen become an assistant to for money?
(a) An accountant.
(b) A vicar.
(c) A lawyer.
(d) A professor.

5. What marks the passing of the soldiers in "Anthem for Doomed Youth?"
(a) Bells.
(b) Tears.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Gunfire.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to the soldier who falls asleep in "Asleep?"

2. What does the speaker hold up to the sentry in "The Sentry?"

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

4. What attacks the soldiers in "Dulce Et Decorum Est" as they return to the trench?

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

(see the answer key)

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