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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. "Winter Song" describes what kind of transition?

2. When were the soldiers happy, according to "Happiness?"

3. What does the speaker realize about the dead in "Miners?"

4. How many days was Owen unable to bathe, take off his shoes, or sleep properly due to an offensive?

5. What is greater than the sound of instruments, according to "Music?"

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Why doesn't the speaker grow old in "To the Bitter Sweet-heart: a Dream?" What does this imply?

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

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

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

9. How are "To Eros" and "My Shy Hand" different from the other poems in the section?

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

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

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Define allusion and explain how Owen used allusion in his poetry.

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