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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. "Sonnet Autumnal" uses the end of summer as an analogy for the end of ___________.
(a) War.
(b) A dream.
(c) Life.
(d) A love.

2. What time of day does "From My Diary, July 1914" begin?
(a) Noon.
(b) Mid-morning.
(c) One in the afternoon.
(d) Early morning.

3. What fairy tale is a reworking of Blunden's favorite of Owen's early works?
(a) "Snow White and the Seven Dwarves."
(b) "The Little Mermaid."
(c) "Beauty and the Beast."
(d) "Cinderella."

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

5. What does the speaker compare people to in "O World of many Worlds?"
(a) Planets.
(b) Universes.
(c) Gravity.
(d) Stars.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the speaker sacrifice in "To Eros?"

2. What is the subject of "Bold Horatius" studying?

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

4. Whom is the speaker running next to in "To--?"

5. What die in winter, according to "Winter Song?"

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who might the man be that the speaker is going to meet in "The Promisers?" What does it mean that the speaker never meets him?

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

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

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

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

7. What is controversial about "Song of Songs?"

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

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

10. How are "To Eros" and "My Shy Hand" different from the other poems in the section?

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