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

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

3. Why are soldiers crouched in a trench in "Cramped in that Funnelled Hole?"

4. Who is sleeping in "The Kind Ghosts?"

5. Where did Owen's father take him twice at the ages of fourteen and sixteen?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does the woman represent in "The Kind Ghosts?" Why is she sleeping?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

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.

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