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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Whom does the speaker want to stay with in "My Shy Hand?"
(a) His comrades.
(b) His mother.
(c) His dog.
(d) His lover.
2. Why are soldiers crouched in a trench in "Cramped in that Funnelled Hole?"
(a) To sleep.
(b) To keep the sun out of their eyes.
(c) To ambush an enemy.
(d) For protection.
3. "Winter Song" describes what kind of transition?
(a) Artistic.
(b) Musical.
(c) Literary.
(d) Seasonal.
4. How many days was Owen unable to bathe, take off his shoes, or sleep properly due to an offensive?
(a) Twenty-one days.
(b) Ten days.
(c) One week.
(d) Twelve days.
5. Until when does the speaker of "The Promisers" search for the person he will meet?
(a) The end of the week.
(b) Dinner.
(c) Dark.
(d) Midnight.
6. "Bold Horatius" is about ____________.
(a) A schoolgirl.
(b) A soldier.
(c) A spy.
(d) A dog.
7. What is the hole called, according to "Not one Corner...?"
(a) Home.
(b) Hell.
(c) The Path of Glory.
(d) The Verdict.
8. When does the speaker want to be honored in "To My Friend: (With an Identity Disk)?"
(a) When his children are grown.
(b) After his death.
(c) After the war.
(d) In that moment.
9. What is the subject of "Bold Horatius" studying?
(a) Roman history.
(b) A garbage can.
(c) A battle strategy.
(d) An enemy.
10. What is the mood of the people walking down the street in "Six o'clock in Princes Street?"
(a) Somber.
(b) Fearful.
(c) Meditative.
(d) Happy.
11. Who was Owen's primary literary inspiration?
(a) William Blake.
(b) T. S. Eliot.
(c) Siegfried Sassoon.
(d) John Keats.
12. What poem does Blunden most admire of Owen's early works?
(a) "Isabella."
(b) "Dulce Et Decorum Est."
(c) "The Promisers."
(d) "The Send-Off."
13. Where does the speaker search for a man in "Elegy in April and September?"
(a) A hospital.
(b) A battlefield.
(c) A forest.
(d) A trench.
14. Why does the speaker deprive himself of worldly pleasures in "Training?"
(a) To prepare for capture by enemies.
(b) To pass the time.
(c) To become strong.
(d) To endure torture.
15. What should the singer use to sing in the evening in "Song of Songs?"
(a) A cry.
(b) A laugh.
(c) A sigh.
(d) A scream.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who destroyed many of Owen's poems?
2. What will destroy men, according to "As Bronze may be much Beautiful?"
3. Where may soldiers never reach in "To a Comrade in Flanders?"
4. When was the first appendix written?
5. Who wrote the first appendix in Collected Poems?
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