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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. In what nation was Owen born?
(a) Wales.
(b) Ireland.
(c) The United States of America.
(d) England.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the sentry say he sees later in "The Sentry?"

3. Whose poems are in Collected Poems?

4. Who or what laughs at the soldiers in "The Last Laugh?"

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

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