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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the barge passing in "Hospital Barge at Cerisy?"
(a) A lock.
(b) A church.
(c) A castle.
(d) A bridge.

3. Whom does the speaker want to stay with in "My Shy Hand?"
(a) His lover.
(b) His comrades.
(c) His dog.
(d) His mother.

4. 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.

5. Where may soldiers never reach in "To a Comrade in Flanders?"
(a) Home.
(b) Earth.
(c) The sky.
(d) Heaven.

6. What is the subject of "Bold Horatius" studying?
(a) An enemy.
(b) A battle strategy.
(c) Roman history.
(d) A garbage can.

7. _____________dream of time before the war in "The Roads Also."
(a) Trees.
(b) Houses.
(c) Dogs.
(d) Rivers.

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

9. 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) In that moment.
(d) After the war.

10. What was Owen's biggest complaint on the front lines of the war?
(a) The mud.
(b) The food.
(c) The cold.
(d) The crowds.

11. Who is the singer in "Song of Songs?"
(a) A soldier.
(b) The speaker.
(c) A woman.
(d) A prisoner of war.

12. How many days was Owen unable to bathe, take off his shoes, or sleep properly due to an offensive?
(a) Twelve days.
(b) One week.
(c) Ten days.
(d) Twenty-one days.

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

14. What is greater than the sound of instruments, according to "Music?"
(a) A mother saying, "I love you."
(b) A child's laugh.
(c) The sound of ceased gunfire.
(d) Music made by two lovers.

15. What natural event does the speaker use as a comparison for the start of World War I in "1914?"
(a) A tornado.
(b) A monsoon.
(c) An earthquake.
(d) An erupting volcano.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what time of day does "The Unreturning" take place?

2. What does the speaker compare people to in "O World of many Worlds?"

3. What would be a glorious way to die, according to "Storm?"

4. What do the people kiss in "Maundy Thursday?"

5. What is being described in "Has Your Soul Sipped?"

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