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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What has been hit with artillery in "Le Christianisme?"
(a) A church.
(b) A cemetery.
(c) An abbey.
(d) A monastery.

3. What does the speaker hold up to the sentry in "The Sentry?"
(a) His hand.
(b) A gun.
(c) A light.
(d) Nothing.

4. What happens to the soldier who falls asleep in "Asleep?"
(a) He is captured by the enemy.
(b) He freezes to death.
(c) His shoes are stolen.
(d) He is shot and killed.

5. Who is the young man in "The Parable of the Old Man and the Young?"
(a) Owen.
(b) An unnamed soldier.
(c) Isaac.
(d) Abraham.

Short Answer Questions

1. "Apologia Pro Poemate Meo" discusses the occasional ______ of war.

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

3. Who are smiling in pictures in "Smile, Smile, Smile?"

4. What does the speaker want to happen to the piece of artillery after the war, according to "Sonnet?"

5. In "Greater Love," which is the lesser love?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the anthem in "Anthem for Doomed Youth?"

2. What does Lewis say about poets who came from World War I as compared to World War II?

3. What does the speaker of "Smile, Smile, Smile" think of the press? Why?

4. What does the soldier's wish to be put to bed symbolize in "Disabled?"

5. What does the speaker see on the battlefield in "The Show?" What do they represent?

6. What does "S.I.W." stand for? How does this contribute to the soldier dying with a smile?

7. What does "Dulce Et Decorum Est" say about war and death?

8. What are the joys of war, according to "Apologia Pro Poemate Meo?"

9. What do each of the soldiers cry out for in "The Last Laugh?"

10. What contradiction is found in "Sonnet?"

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