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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do the soldiers seek refuge in "The Sentry?"
(a) A dugout.
(b) An abandoned guard tower.
(c) A warehouse.
(d) A foxhole.

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

3. What fate does Jim receive in "The Chances?"
(a) Death.
(b) Insanity.
(c) Victory.
(d) Capture.

4. What did Owen study while he was working as an assistant?
(a) Library science.
(b) Latin.
(c) Priesthood.
(d) Accounting.

5. 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) Take him home.
(d) Hug him.

6. What happens to the soldier at the end of "Conscious?"
(a) He dies.
(b) He is blind.
(c) He is paralyzed.
(d) He takes his own life.

7. When is news of the soldier delivered in "The Dead-Beat?"
(a) The next day.
(b) A week later.
(c) News is never delivered.
(d) Hours later.

8. Who wishes they could go to war in "S.I.W.?"
(a) The soldier's father.
(b) The soldier's sisters.
(c) The soldier's classmates.
(d) The soldier's brothers.

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

10. Where is the soldier in "Inspection?"
(a) A parade.
(b) A front line trench.
(c) At home.
(d) A hospital ward.

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

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

13. What piece of artillery does the speaker marvel at in "Sonnet?"
(a) A rifle.
(b) A machine gun.
(c) A bomber plane.
(d) A cannon.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what season does "Exposure" take place?

2. What caused Owen to mature as a poet, according to the author of the Introduction?

3. What part of the speaker's body will be destroyed in "A Terre?"

4. Who delivers news of the soldier in "The Dead-Beat?"

5. What happened to the soldier in "The Dead-Beat?"

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