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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 did Owen attend college?
(a) Oxford.
(b) Cambridge.
(c) London University.
(d) Harvard.

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

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

4. Men who become immune to the horrors of war are what, according to "Insensibility?"
(a) Animals.
(b) Lucky.
(c) Already dead.
(d) On their way to peace.

5. What happens to the soldier who falls asleep in "Asleep?"
(a) He freezes to death.
(b) He is shot and killed.
(c) His shoes are stolen.
(d) He is captured by the enemy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What poet helped Owen with his literary ambitions?

2. In what year was Owen born?

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

4. What marks the passing of the soldiers in "Anthem for Doomed Youth?"

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

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