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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What two items does a soldier come to appreciate in "Arms and the Boy?"
(a) Food and water.
(b) Prayer and music.
(c) Dry socks and gloves.
(d) Bayonets and bullets.

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

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

4. Owen wonders if _________ will greet the soldiers in "The Send-Off."
(a) The government.
(b) A family.
(c) A celebration.
(d) Relief.

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

6. In "Greater Love," which is the greater love?
(a) Romantic love for a woman.
(b) Love of country.
(c) Love for fallen comrades.
(d) Love of freedom.

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

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

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

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

11. What will the soldier not do, according to "Arms and the Boy?"
(a) Be remembered after he falls.
(b) Find peace on the front lines.
(c) Grow weapons on his body.
(d) Come home from the war.

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

13. Where does the speaker believe he is in "Mental Cases?"
(a) On the front.
(b) Home.
(c) Hell.
(d) Prison.

14. Men who become immune to the horrors of war are what, according to "Insensibility?"
(a) Animals.
(b) Already dead.
(c) Lucky.
(d) On their way to peace.

15. Whose love is dying, according to "Exposure?"
(a) The government's.
(b) God's.
(c) Each other's.
(d) The public's.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Whose poems are in Collected Poems?

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

4. What piece of artillery does the speaker marvel at in "Sonnet?"

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

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