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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. Whose love is dying, according to "Exposure?"
(a) The government's.
(b) The public's.
(c) God's.
(d) Each other's.
2. What are men reading in "Smile, Smile, Smile?"
(a) War propaganda brochures.
(b) The newspaper.
(c) Letters from home.
(d) Telegrams from superior officers.
3. What attacks the soldiers in "Dulce Et Decorum Est" as they return to the trench?
(a) A pack of wild dogs.
(b) Gas.
(c) An enemy squadron.
(d) They attack each other.
4. Owen's preface says his poems are about __________.
(a) War.
(b) Love.
(c) Himself.
(d) Men.
5. What did Owen study while he was working as an assistant?
(a) Library science.
(b) Priesthood.
(c) Latin.
(d) Accounting.
Short Answer Questions
1. What can the soldiers not forget in "Mental Cases?"
2. When did Owen arrive on the front as an infantryman in World War I?
3. What did not scare the speaker of "Disabled" when he joined the military?
4. Where does the speaker believe he is in "Mental Cases?"
5. What is stopped in "Soldier's Dream?"
Short Essay Questions
1. What do you think is the message of "Spring Offensive?"
2. What do each of the soldiers cry out for in "The Last Laugh?"
3. What are the sounds the speaker of "The Calls" hears that mark the passing of the day?
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. Why do soldiers laugh at death in "The Next War?" What does this reveal about war?
7. What does Lewis say about poets who came from World War I as compared to World War II?
8. What does "Dulce Et Decorum Est" say about war and death?
9. What does "S.I.W." stand for? How does this contribute to the soldier dying with a smile?
10. Compare and contrast "Conscious" and "The Sentry."
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