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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 165-184.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What poem does Blunden most admire of Owen's early works?
(a) "Dulce Et Decorum Est."
(b) "The Promisers."
(c) "Isabella."
(d) "The Send-Off."

2. Why does the speaker deprive himself of worldly pleasures in "Training?"
(a) To prepare for capture by enemies.
(b) To become strong.
(c) To endure torture.
(d) To pass the time.

3. What does the sentry say he sees later in "The Sentry?"
(a) A light.
(b) The speaker.
(c) Nothing.
(d) The sun.

4. Where may soldiers never reach in "To a Comrade in Flanders?"
(a) Heaven.
(b) Home.
(c) Earth.
(d) The sky.

5. What does the soldier's father tell him is worse than death in "S.I.W.?"
(a) Disloyalty.
(b) Disgrace.
(c) Diplomacy.
(d) Cowardice.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the speaker sacrifice in "To Eros?"

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

3. What does the speaker of "Disabled" want someone to do for him?

4. What does the speaker want to happen to the piece of artillery after the war, according to "Sonnet?"

5. When did Owen arrive on the front as an infantryman in World War I?

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