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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 were the soldiers happy, according to "Happiness?"

2. What do the people kiss in "Maundy Thursday?"

3. What time of day does "From My Diary, July 1914" begin?

4. What does the speaker find in every sound in "All Sounds have been as Music?"

5. At what time of day does "The Unreturning" take place?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who might the man be that the speaker is going to meet in "The Promisers?" What does it mean that the speaker never meets him?

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

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

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

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

6. What does the speaker compare people to in "O World of many Worlds?" What does he compare himself to?

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

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

9. What is the contrast in "Six o' clock in Princes Street?"

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain how Owen's childhood shaped his adulthood.

Essay Topic 2

Explain the psychological toll war took on soldiers, using at least one poem to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

Explain the role of the weather in Owen's poetry.

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