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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. What fate does Jim receive in "The Chances?"

2. Where does the speaker believe he is in "Mental Cases?"

3. What happened to the soldier in "The Dead-Beat?"

4. Where is the soldier in "Inspection?"

5. According to "At a Cavalry near the Ancre," what do people who love die without?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the tone of "Exposure?" How do you know?

2. What do each of the soldiers cry out for in "The Last Laugh?"

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

4. Describe Owen's experience as a vicar's assistant.

5. Who "smote" the soldiers suffering from psychological trauma in "Mental Cases?"

6. What do you think is the message of "Spring Offensive?"

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

8. What does Lewis say about poets who came from World War I as compared to World War II?

9. What does the speaker of "Smile, Smile, Smile" think of the press? Why?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain Owen's use of light and dark in contrast in the poems "The Sentry" and "Conscious."

Essay Topic 2

Define perspective, and explain its importance in Owen's poetry.

Essay Topic 3

Define sonnet. What are the characteristics of a sonnet? Give at least one example of a sonnet from Owen's poetry.

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