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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 instrument did Owen learn to play?
(a) Mandolin.
(b) Piano.
(c) Violin.
(d) Flute.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where are soldiers massing in "Spring Offensive?"

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

3. In what season does "Exposure" take place?

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

5. How long after Owen's death did World War I end?

(see the answer key)

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