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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 destroyed many of Owen's poems?
(a) They were destroyed accidentally in a fire.
(b) His mother.
(c) An editor.
(d) Owen himself.

2. What is set on a track in "This is the Track?"
(a) The speaker's mind.
(b) The war.
(c) History.
(d) The speaker's life.

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

4. "Bold Horatius" is about ____________.
(a) A spy.
(b) A schoolgirl.
(c) A dog.
(d) A soldier.

5. What color are the woman's eyes in "The Imbecile?"
(a) Green.
(b) Blue.
(c) Gray.
(d) Hazel.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the speaker of "Cramped in that Funnelled Hole" call the hole?

2. Who is the singer in "Song of Songs?"

3. What does the speaker see in "My Shy Hand?"

4. What aspect of youth is appreciated in "Sonnet: To a Child?"

5. Where is the hole cut in "Not one Corner...?"

Short Essay Questions

1. What early poem of Owen's does Blunden admire most? What was the poem's inspiration?

2. Why will the soldiers never be as happy as they were as children in "Happiness?"

3. Give at least four references to the afterlife in "To a Comrade in Flanders."

4. What literary reference does Owen make in "Hospital Barge at Cerisy?" What does this reveal about the hospital barge?

5. What is the hole cut in Europe? Why is it called "the Path of Glory?"

6. What is the tone of "The End" and "The Unreturning?" How do you know?

7. What is the contrast in "Six o' clock in Princes Street?"

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

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

10. What are the four gems in "Spells and Incantation?" What does each represent?

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