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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Owen arrive on the front as an infantryman in World War I?

2. What attacks the soldiers in "Dulce Et Decorum Est" as they return to the trench?

3. What has been hit with artillery in "Le Christianisme?"

4. What happened to the weapons when the soldier woke up in "Soldier's Dream?"

5. What did not scare the speaker of "Disabled" when he joined the military?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the speaker see on the battlefield in "The Show?" What do they represent?

2. What does "Insensibility" say about soldiers who become immune to the horrors of war?

3. What are the joys of war, according to "Apologia Pro Poemate Meo?"

4. What does Lewis say about Owen prior to World War I in the Introduction of Collected Poems?

5. What are the five possible outcomes in battle, according to "The Chances?"

6. What is the anthem in "Anthem for Doomed Youth?"

7. What kind of poet does Lewis think Owen would have been, had he survived the war?

8. Explain Owen's childhood.

9. Compare and contrast the Biblical story of Abraham and Isaac with the account in "The Parable of the Young Man and the Old."

10. What are the sounds the speaker of "The Calls" hears that mark the passing of the day?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Who is Edmund Blunden? What role did he play in Owen's literary career?

Essay Topic 2

Explain the philosophy of "returning to the earth" discussed in Owen's poetry.

Essay Topic 3

Define allusion and explain how Owen used allusion in his poetry.

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