Collected Poems Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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Collected Poems Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whom did Owen become an assistant to for money?
(a) A professor.
(b) A vicar.
(c) A lawyer.
(d) An accountant.

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

3. How do soldiers feel about Death in "The Next War?"
(a) They are afraid.
(b) They are friends.
(c) They are enemies.
(d) They are not afraid.

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

5. What are men reading in "Smile, Smile, Smile?"
(a) Telegrams from superior officers.
(b) Letters from home.
(c) The newspaper.
(d) War propaganda brochures.

6. Who delivers news of the soldier in "The Dead-Beat?"
(a) The doctor.
(b) The commander.
(c) An unnamed soldier.
(d) The speaker.

7. How many soldiers die in "Dulce Et Decorum Est?"
(a) All of them.
(b) About half of them.
(c) The number is not known.
(d) One.

8. How long after Owen's death did World War I end?
(a) Almost a year.
(b) Four months.
(c) Six months.
(d) One week.

9. Who is the young man in "The Parable of the Old Man and the Young?"
(a) Owen.
(b) Abraham.
(c) An unnamed soldier.
(d) Isaac.

10. Where was Owen killed?
(a) France.
(b) Germany.
(c) England.
(d) Austria.

11. What does the speaker of "Disabled" want someone to do for him?
(a) Put him to bed.
(b) Write to his mother on his behalf.
(c) Hug him.
(d) Take him home.

12. What happens to the speaker writing in "The Letter?"
(a) He is killed.
(b) He receives a letter.
(c) He is wounded.
(d) This is not revealed in the poem.

13. What do soldiers know about war in "The Next War?"
(a) They know greater wars will come.
(b) They know their mission is greater than death.
(c) They know everyone dies in war.
(d) They know the war will eventually end.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the sentry say about himself in "The Sentry?"

2. According to "Apologia Pro Poemate Meo," what feeling is fleeting for soldiers in war?

3. What did Owen study while he was working as an assistant?

4. Whom is the speaker writing to in "The Letter?"

5. What poet helped Owen with his literary ambitions?

(see the answer keys)

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