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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. Who is the speaker confident he will meet in "The Promisers?"
(a) A child.
(b) A man.
(c) A woman.
(d) His maker.
2. Where does the speaker kiss the sleeping woman in "The Sleeping Beauty?"
(a) On her eyelids.
(b) On her nose.
(c) On the lips.
(d) On the cheek.
3. "Bold Horatius" is about ____________.
(a) A spy.
(b) A soldier.
(c) A schoolgirl.
(d) A dog.
4. What is being described in "Has Your Soul Sipped?"
(a) The smile of a soldier whose life has been saved.
(b) The smile of a dying soldier.
(c) The smile of family welcoming a soldier home.
(d) The smile of a lover.
5. What is whispering to the speaker in "Miners?"
(a) The fire.
(b) The rain.
(c) The artillery.
(d) The wind.
Short Answer Questions
1. How many days was Owen unable to bathe, take off his shoes, or sleep properly due to an offensive?
2. Until when does the speaker of "The Promisers" search for the person he will meet?
3. What does the speaker of "Cramped in that Funnelled Hole" call the hole?
4. What sound replaces the bugles in "Bugles Sang?"
5. According to "Sonnet: To a Child," what do children realize about the world that affects their wisdom?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does the woman represent in "The Kind Ghosts?" Why is she sleeping?
2. Why would Owen rather be remembered as a soldier than a poet in "To My Friend: (With an Identity Disk)?"
3. What is the purpose of "Winter Song?"
4. Give at least four references to the afterlife in "To a Comrade in Flanders."
5. How are "To Eros" and "My Shy Hand" different from the other poems in the section?
6. What is the purpose of "On My Songs?"
7. Why doesn't the speaker grow old in "To the Bitter Sweet-heart: a Dream?" What does this imply?
8. What did Owen's first gas attack lead him to realize about war?
9. What literary reference does Owen make in "Hospital Barge at Cerisy?" What does this reveal about the hospital barge?
10. What are the four gems in "Spells and Incantation?" What does each represent?
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