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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which of the following did Owen's parents NOT expose him to?
(a) Literature.
(b) Art.
(c) Music.
(d) Architecture.

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

4. What part of the speaker's body will be destroyed in "A Terre?"
(a) His arms.
(b) His legs.
(c) His ears.
(d) His eyes.

5. What poet helped Owen with his literary ambitions?
(a) Laurent Tailhade.
(b) T. S. Eliot.
(c) John Keats.
(d) William Carlos Williams.

6. According to "Apologia Pro Poemate Meo," what does life become in war?
(a) Precious.
(b) Irrelevant.
(c) Everything.
(d) Absurdity.

7. What fate does Jim receive in "The Chances?"
(a) Victory.
(b) Death.
(c) Insanity.
(d) Capture.

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

9. 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.

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

11. When is news of the soldier delivered in "The Dead-Beat?"
(a) The next day.
(b) News is never delivered.
(c) Hours later.
(d) A week later.

12. What kind of accent does the speaker use in "The Chances?"
(a) German.
(b) American.
(c) French.
(d) Cockney.

13. Who are smiling in pictures in "Smile, Smile, Smile?"
(a) Widows.
(b) Politicians.
(c) Civilians.
(d) Dead soldiers.

14. What instrument did Owen learn to play?
(a) Piano.
(b) Flute.
(c) Mandolin.
(d) Violin.

15. What happened to the soldier in "The Dead-Beat?"
(a) He died.
(b) He was sent back to the front.
(c) He was court martialed.
(d) He was sent home.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Owen attend college?

2. What happens to the speaker writing in "The Letter?"

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

4. Whose poems are in Collected Poems?

5. What two items does a soldier come to appreciate in "Arms and the Boy?"

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