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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 wins the fight in "Antaeus: A Fragment?"
(a) This is not known.
(b) There is no winner; they both give up.
(c) Antaeus.
(d) Antaeus's enemy.

2. What should the singer use to sing in the evening in "Song of Songs?"
(a) A cry.
(b) A laugh.
(c) A sigh.
(d) A scream.

3. When does the speaker want to be honored in "To My Friend: (With an Identity Disk)?"
(a) When his children are grown.
(b) In that moment.
(c) After the war.
(d) After his death.

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

5. Where does the speaker search for a man in "Elegy in April and September?"
(a) A forest.
(b) A battlefield.
(c) A trench.
(d) A hospital.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does the speaker want to stay with in "My Shy Hand?"

2. What is the barge passing in "Hospital Barge at Cerisy?"

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

4. What is whispering to the speaker in "Miners?"

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What does the woman represent in "The Kind Ghosts?" Why is she sleeping?

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

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

8. Why doesn't the speaker grow old in "To the Bitter Sweet-heart: a Dream?" What does this imply?

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

10. What does the speaker compare people to in "O World of many Worlds?" What does he compare himself to?

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