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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 the speaker sacrifice in "To Eros?"

2. Whom is the speaker running next to in "To--?"

3. "Antaeus: A Fragment" describes a fight between ______ and Antaeus.

4. On what river is the barge in "Hospital Barge at Cerisy?"

5. Whom does the speaker want to stay with in "My Shy Hand?"

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is controversial about "Song of Songs?"

3. What did Owen's first gas attack lead him to realize about war?

4. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What role did love play in Owen's life and poetry?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

What is the overall tone of Owen's poems about war? How do you know? Include a definition of tone in your answer.

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