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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 is the subject of "To Eros?"

2. Why does the speaker deprive himself of worldly pleasures in "Training?"

3. What was Owen's biggest complaint on the front lines of the war?

4. What would be a glorious way to die, according to "Storm?"

5. What does "I saw his Round Mouth's Crimson" describe?

Short Essay Questions

1. Give at least four references to the afterlife in "To a Comrade in Flanders."

2. Why would Owen rather be remembered as a soldier than a poet in "To My Friend: (With an Identity Disk)?"

3. What is the hole cut in Europe? Why is it called "the Path of Glory?"

4. What does "The Roads Also" reveal about the effects of war?

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

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

7. Why is the woman in "The Imbecile" an imbecile? Who thinks this of her?

8. According to the first appendix in Collected Poems, why were many of Owen's poems destroyed?

9. What early poem of Owen's does Blunden admire most? What was the poem's inspiration?

10. Into what two phases does Blunden divide Owen's life as a poet? What do these titles mean?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What role does escapism play in Owen's poetry? Use at least one example of an escapist poem from Owen's work to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Define elegy. What are the characteristics of an elegy? Explain how "Elegy in April and September" fits into this definition of an elegy.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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