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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. In what year was Owen born?

2. What does the speaker want to happen to the piece of artillery after the war, according to "Sonnet?"

3. Whose poems are in Collected Poems?

4. Where is the speaker of "Disabled?"

5. What is causing the speaker in "A Terre" to lose part of his body?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Owen feel about World War I?

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

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

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

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

6. Why do soldiers laugh at death in "The Next War?" What does this reveal about war?

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

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

9. Why does the soldier's letter to his wife in "The Letter" not tell the actual conditions of war?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the overall tone of Owen's poems about war? How do you know? Include a definition of tone in your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Define metaphor. Explain how Owen's poems use metaphor to discuss death. Use at least one poetic example from Owen's work to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

What role does sound play in Owen's poetry? Use at least two examples of poems to support your answer.

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