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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. Why are soldiers crouched in a trench in "Cramped in that Funnelled Hole?"
(a) To ambush an enemy.
(b) To sleep.
(c) To keep the sun out of their eyes.
(d) For protection.

2. Where is someone sleeping in "The Kind Ghosts?"
(a) On a bench.
(b) At home.
(c) The front lines.
(d) A palace.

3. Until when does the speaker of "The Promisers" search for the person he will meet?
(a) Midnight.
(b) Dinner.
(c) The end of the week.
(d) Dark.

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

5. What was Owen's biggest complaint on the front lines of the war?
(a) The mud.
(b) The cold.
(c) The crowds.
(d) The food.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color are the woman's eyes in "The Imbecile?"

2. What will destroy men, according to "As Bronze may be much Beautiful?"

3. How does the speaker want to be remembered in "To My Friend: (With an Identity Disk)?"

4. "Bold Horatius" is about ____________.

5. What should the singer use to sing in the evening in "Song of Songs?"

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. 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?

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

6. What is personification? How does Owen use it in "Cramped in that Funnelled Hole?"

7. Why is Heracles unable to defeat Antaeus in "Antaeus: A Fragment?"

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

9. What did Owen's first gas attack lead him to realize about war?

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

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