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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is being described in "Has Your Soul Sipped?"
(a) The smile of a dying soldier.
(b) The smile of a soldier whose life has been saved.
(c) The smile of a lover.
(d) The smile of family welcoming a soldier home.

2. Where is someone sleeping in "The Kind Ghosts?"
(a) At home.
(b) On a bench.
(c) A palace.
(d) The front lines.

3. When were the soldiers happy, according to "Happiness?"
(a) When they were children.
(b) When they were in love.
(c) In the moments before battle.
(d) In the moments after battle.

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

5. Where does the speaker search for a man in "Elegy in April and September?"
(a) A forest.
(b) A trench.
(c) A hospital.
(d) A battlefield.

6. "Bold Horatius" is about ____________.
(a) A soldier.
(b) A dog.
(c) A spy.
(d) A schoolgirl.

7. What is the mood of the people walking down the street in "Six o'clock in Princes Street?"
(a) Fearful.
(b) Somber.
(c) Meditative.
(d) Happy.

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

9. According to "Sonnet: To a Child," what do children realize about the world that affects their wisdom?
(a) It is deceptive.
(b) It is evil.
(c) It is a dream.
(d) It is fleeting.

10. What does "I saw his Round Mouth's Crimson" describe?
(a) Death.
(b) Battle.
(c) Love.
(d) Birth.

11. "Winter Song" describes what kind of transition?
(a) Seasonal.
(b) Literary.
(c) Artistic.
(d) Musical.

12. What poem does Blunden most admire of Owen's early works?
(a) "The Promisers."
(b) "Dulce Et Decorum Est."
(c) "Isabella."
(d) "The Send-Off."

13. Why does the speaker deprive himself of worldly pleasures in "Training?"
(a) To endure torture.
(b) To pass the time.
(c) To become strong.
(d) To prepare for capture by enemies.

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

15. Where did Owen's father take him twice at the ages of fourteen and sixteen?
(a) Ireland.
(b) France.
(c) Germany.
(d) The United States.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are soldiers crouched in a trench in "Cramped in that Funnelled Hole?"

2. How many days was Owen unable to bathe, take off his shoes, or sleep properly due to an offensive?

3. What does the speaker wonder about the dead after the war in "The End?"

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

5. What is the subject of "To Eros?"

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