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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 115-130.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What two items does a soldier come to appreciate in "Arms and the Boy?"
(a) Bayonets and bullets.
(b) Prayer and music.
(c) Dry socks and gloves.
(d) Food and water.

2. What time of day does "From My Diary, July 1914" begin?
(a) One in the afternoon.
(b) Noon.
(c) Mid-morning.
(d) Early morning.

3. Whom does the speaker want to stay with in "My Shy Hand?"
(a) His dog.
(b) His comrades.
(c) His lover.
(d) His mother.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How do soldiers feel about Death in "The Next War?"

2. What sound replaces the bugles in "Bugles Sang?"

3. What is causing the speaker in "A Terre" to lose part of his body?

4. Who wins the fight in "Antaeus: A Fragment?"

5. What is the hole called, according to "Not one Corner...?"

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