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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 in "Shadwell Stair?"
(a) A politician.
(b) A ghost.
(c) A reporter.
(d) An anti-war protestor.
2. What is being described in "Has Your Soul Sipped?"
(a) The smile of a soldier whose life has been saved.
(b) The smile of family welcoming a soldier home.
(c) The smile of a dying soldier.
(d) The smile of a lover.
3. What aspect of youth is appreciated in "Sonnet: To a Child?"
(a) Playfulness.
(b) Adventure.
(c) Innocence.
(d) Joy.
4. What does one person see news of in the newspaper in "Six o'clock in Princes Street?"
(a) The war.
(b) A cease fire.
(c) An upcoming festival.
(d) His brother's death.
5. What emotion is associated with purple in the poem "Purple?"
(a) Fear.
(b) Pride.
(c) Sadness.
(d) Joy.
Short Answer Questions
1. Where did Owen's father take him twice at the ages of fourteen and sixteen?
2. _____________dream of time before the war in "The Roads Also."
3. In what year did Owen experience his first gas attack?
4. Why does the speaker deprive himself of worldly pleasures in "Training?"
5. Where is the hole cut in "Not one Corner...?"
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. Compare and contrast "The Fates" with "This is the Track."
3. Why doesn't the speaker grow old in "To the Bitter Sweet-heart: a Dream?" What does this imply?
4. What literary reference does Owen make in "Hospital Barge at Cerisy?" What does this reveal about the hospital barge?
5. What is the tone of "The End" and "The Unreturning?" How do you know?
6. What is the hole cut in Europe? Why is it called "the Path of Glory?"
7. What does the woman represent in "The Kind Ghosts?" Why is she sleeping?
8. What does the speaker compare people to in "O World of many Worlds?" What does he compare himself to?
9. Why is the death of the soldier a sweet experience in "Has Your Soul Sipped?"
10. What is controversial about "Song of Songs?"
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