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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. Who is sleeping in "The Kind Ghosts?"

2. Who organized many of Owen's remaining poems?

3. What is the barge passing in "Hospital Barge at Cerisy?"

4. What will make men better, according to "As Bronze may be much Beautiful?"

5. "O World of many Worlds" uses several stanzas from what other poem in Collected Poems?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What are the four gems in "Spells and Incantation?" What does each represent?

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

9. 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?

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

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

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Who is Edmund Blunden? What role did he play in Owen's literary career?

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