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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did not scare the speaker of "Disabled" when he joined the military?
(a) Combat.
(b) The enemy.
(c) Being away from home.
(d) Death.

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

3. What does the sentry say about himself in "The Sentry?"
(a) He plans to kill them if they fall asleep.
(b) He knows how to help them escape.
(c) He is blind.
(d) He is a friend.

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

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

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

7. What is on the soldier's uniform in "Inspection?"
(a) Dirt.
(b) Gunpowder.
(c) Blood.
(d) Lipstick.

8. What is causing the speaker in "A Terre" to lose part of his body?
(a) An explosion.
(b) Gunfire.
(c) An infection.
(d) This is not known.

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

10. What does the speaker want to happen to the piece of artillery after the war, according to "Sonnet?"
(a) He wants it to be destroyed.
(b) He wants the technology to be shared with others.
(c) He wants to study it.
(d) He wants it to go into a museum.

11. Where did Owen attend college?
(a) Harvard.
(b) Cambridge.
(c) Oxford.
(d) London University.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What will the soldier not do, according to "Arms and the Boy?"

2. What are men reading in "Smile, Smile, Smile?"

3. In what year was Owen born?

4. What happened to the weapons when the soldier woke up in "Soldier's Dream?"

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

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