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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did not scare the speaker of "Disabled" when he joined the military?
(a) Being away from home.
(b) Combat.
(c) The enemy.
(d) Death.

2. In "Greater Love," which is the greater love?
(a) Love of country.
(b) Romantic love for a woman.
(c) Love of freedom.
(d) Love for fallen comrades.

3. What does the speaker in "The Calls" use sounds to mark?
(a) How many people are around him.
(b) How far he has marched.
(c) Location.
(d) Time.

4. Owen's preface says his poems are about __________.
(a) Love.
(b) War.
(c) Men.
(d) Himself.

5. What marks the passing of the soldiers in "Anthem for Doomed Youth?"
(a) Tears.
(b) Gunfire.
(c) Bells.
(d) Nothing.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Owen attend college?

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

3. Who is the old man in "The Parable of the Old Man and the Young?"

4. In what year was Owen born?

5. What is stopped in "Soldier's Dream?"

(see the answer key)

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