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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the speaker kiss the sleeping woman in "The Sleeping Beauty?"
(a) On the cheek.
(b) On her nose.
(c) On her eyelids.
(d) On the lips.

2. What does the speaker of "Cramped in that Funnelled Hole" call the hole?
(a) A port in the storm.
(b) The mouth of hell.
(c) A pit.
(d) Salvation.

3. What does one person see news of in the newspaper in "Six o'clock in Princes Street?"
(a) An upcoming festival.
(b) A cease fire.
(c) His brother's death.
(d) The war.

4. "Antaeus: A Fragment" describes a fight between ______ and Antaeus.
(a) Heracles.
(b) Samson.
(c) God.
(d) Gabriel.

5. When does the speaker want to be honored in "To My Friend: (With an Identity Disk)?"
(a) After the war.
(b) When his children are grown.
(c) In that moment.
(d) After his death.

6. "Sonnet Autumnal" uses the end of summer as an analogy for the end of ___________.
(a) Life.
(b) War.
(c) A dream.
(d) A love.

7. In "On My Songs," the speaker expresses appreciation for the works of ______.
(a) Poets.
(b) Musicians.
(c) Soldiers.
(d) Artists.

8. "O World of many Worlds" uses several stanzas from what other poem in Collected Poems?
(a) "Song of Songs."
(b) "This is the Track."
(c) "Wild With All Regrets."
(d) "Dulce Et Decorum Est."

9. What is sacrificed to the idol in "Long Ages Past?"
(a) An animal.
(b) People.
(c) Energy.
(d) Time.

10. On what river is the barge in "Hospital Barge at Cerisy?"
(a) The Mississippi.
(b) The Rhein.
(c) The Nile.
(d) The Somme.

11. What time of day does "From My Diary, July 1914" end?
(a) Midnight.
(b) Mid-evening.
(c) When the stars come out.
(d) At sunset.

12. What does the speaker find in every sound in "All Sounds have been as Music?"
(a) Peace.
(b) Heaven.
(c) Beauty.
(d) Love.

13. In what year did Owen experience his first gas attack?
(a) 1918.
(b) 1915.
(c) 1917.
(d) 1916.

14. What time of day does "From My Diary, July 1914" begin?
(a) Noon.
(b) Mid-morning.
(c) One in the afternoon.
(d) Early morning.

15. Who controls the speaker's life in "The Fates?"
(a) Fate.
(b) The speaker does not know.
(c) God.
(d) The speaker himself.

Short Answer Questions

1. When were the soldiers happy, according to "Happiness?"

2. Why does the speaker deprive himself of worldly pleasures in "Training?"

3. What color are the woman's eyes in "The Imbecile?"

4. What aspect of youth is appreciated in "Sonnet: To a Child?"

5. What is whispering to the speaker in "Miners?"

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