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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 should the singer use to sing in the evening in "Song of Songs?"

2. Where does the speaker kiss the sleeping woman in "The Sleeping Beauty?"

3. When was the first appendix written?

4. What does the speaker wonder about the dead after the war in "The End?"

5. What color are the woman's eyes in "The Imbecile?"

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the tone of "The End" and "The Unreturning?" How do you know?

2. What is the purpose of "On My Songs?"

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

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

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

6. Why is the death of the soldier a sweet experience in "Has Your Soul Sipped?"

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

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

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

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

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

Explain how Owen's faith, beginning with his position as an assistant to a vicar. How and why does his faith change throughout his life?

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