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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the speaker try to wake a soldier in "Futility?"
(a) By tossing water in his face.
(b) By shaking him.
(c) With smelling salts.
(d) By moving him into the sun.

2. Who rises above the battlefield with the speaker in "The Show?"
(a) An enemy soldier.
(b) His father.
(c) Death.
(d) God.

3. What does the speaker hear at dawn in "The Calls?"
(a) Church bells.
(b) A fog-horn.
(c) Bugles.
(d) Artillery.

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

5. What does the speaker of "Disabled" remember about the town he is observing?
(a) Children.
(b) Happiness.
(c) Music.
(d) Peace.

6. Where does the speaker of "Strange Meeting" realize he is?
(a) At home.
(b) France.
(c) Heaven.
(d) Hell.

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

8. Where did Owen go after leaving his position as an assistant?
(a) France.
(b) Switzerland.
(c) Germany.
(d) Belgium.

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

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

11. Where is the speaker of "Disabled?"
(a) A trench.
(b) A hospital ward.
(c) The battlefield.
(d) A bar.

12. What is stopped in "Soldier's Dream?"
(a) Arguments.
(b) Combat.
(c) Machinery.
(d) Troop movements.

13. Who or what laughs at the soldiers in "The Last Laugh?"
(a) Weapons.
(b) Enemy soldiers.
(c) God.
(d) Dogs.

14. A statue of whom is left intact in "Le Christianisme?"
(a) St. Joseph.
(b) St. Francis of Assisi.
(c) The Virgin Mary.
(d) Jesus.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the speaker believe he is in "Mental Cases?"

2. What is the first poem in Collected Poems?

3. What signal do the soldiers in "Spring Offensive" receive that the battle is starting?

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

5. When is news of the soldier delivered in "The Dead-Beat?"

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