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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 74-86.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why can't the soldier forget in "Mental Cases?"
(a) They won't let themselves forget.
(b) They face it every day.
(c) Their fellow soldiers won't let them.
(d) Everything reminds them of it.

3. What can the soldiers not forget in "Mental Cases?"
(a) Their fallen comrades.
(b) The soldiers they killed.
(c) Gruesome sights from war.
(d) The fear of being in battle.

4. Where does the soldier wake up in "Conscious?"
(a) In a prison.
(b) Behind enemy lines.
(c) In a hospital.
(d) In a trench.

5. When did Owen arrive on the front as an infantryman in World War I?
(a) August, 1915.
(b) June, 1916.
(c) December, 1916.
(d) January, 1914.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did not scare the speaker of "Disabled" when he joined the military?

2. Whom did Owen become an assistant to for money?

3. What is on the soldier's uniform in "Inspection?"

4. What does the soldier's father tell him is worse than death in "S.I.W.?"

5. What poet helped Owen with his literary ambitions?

(see the answer key)

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