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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 64-73.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Where is the squad going when one soldier falls to the ground in "The Dead-Beat?"
(a) A warehouse.
(b) Their destination is not known.
(c) Its trench.
(d) A boat.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What fate does Jim receive in "The Chances?"

3. What kind of accent does the speaker use in "The Chances?"

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

5. What poet helped Owen with his literary ambitions?

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