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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. What does the speaker realize about the dead in "Miners?"
(a) They did not die honorably.
(b) They will not return to the earth.
(c) They will not be remembered.
(d) They are still with him.

2. What will destroy men, according to "As Bronze may be much Beautiful?"
(a) Love.
(b) War.
(c) Freedom.
(d) Peace.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. "Sonnet Autumnal" uses the end of summer as an analogy for the end of ___________.

2. When does the speaker want to be honored in "To My Friend: (With an Identity Disk)?"

3. Where did Owen's father take him twice at the ages of fourteen and sixteen?

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

5. Who is sleeping in "The Kind Ghosts?"

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the woman represent in "The Kind Ghosts?" Why is she sleeping?

2. According to the first appendix in Collected Poems, why were many of Owen's poems destroyed?

3. What is the purpose of "Winter Song?"

4. Compare and contrast "The Fates" with "This is the Track."

5. Why doesn't the speaker grow old in "To the Bitter Sweet-heart: a Dream?" What does this imply?

6. What is the purpose of "On My Songs?"

7. What does "The Roads Also" reveal about the effects of war?

8. Into what two phases does Blunden divide Owen's life as a poet? What do these titles mean?

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

10. Why is the death of the soldier a sweet experience in "Has Your Soul Sipped?"

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