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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How many outcomes are there in battle, according to "The Chances?"
(a) Two.
(b) An infinite number.
(c) Five.
(d) Four.

3. What does the speaker of "The Show" see slinking into ditches?
(a) Civilians.
(b) Caterpillars.
(c) Soldiers.
(d) Snakes.

4. Where are soldiers massing in "Spring Offensive?"
(a) A meadow.
(b) A trench.
(c) Between two buildings.
(d) A hill.

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

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

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

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

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

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

11. Where are the soldiers headed in "The Send-Off?"
(a) To a military hospital.
(b) To the front.
(c) Home.
(d) To prison.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What fate does Jim receive in "The Chances?"

2. What kind of accent does the speaker use in "The Chances?"

3. Who are smiling in pictures in "Smile, Smile, Smile?"

4. What marks the passing of the soldiers in "Anthem for Doomed Youth?"

5. "Apologia Pro Poemate Meo" discusses the occasional ______ of war.

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