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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the speaker in "The Calls" use sounds to mark?
(a) Time.
(b) How far he has marched.
(c) How many people are around him.
(d) Location.

2. According to "Apologia Pro Poemate Meo," what feeling is fleeting for soldiers in war?
(a) Fear.
(b) Peace.
(c) Joy.
(d) Anger.

3. What is on the soldier's uniform in "Inspection?"
(a) Dirt.
(b) Blood.
(c) Lipstick.
(d) Gunpowder.

4. In "Greater Love," which is the lesser love?
(a) Love of freedom.
(b) Romantic love for a woman.
(c) Love for fallen comrades.
(d) Love of country.

5. What has been hit with artillery in "Le Christianisme?"
(a) A cemetery.
(b) A church.
(c) An abbey.
(d) A monastery.

6. What job is the speaker of "A Terre" willing to do?
(a) Beg on the streets.
(b) Clean toilets.
(c) Sweep floors.
(d) Muck horse stalls.

7. In what year did Owen leave home?
(a) 1900.
(b) 1911.
(c) 1910.
(d) 1912.

8. When did Owen arrive on the front as an infantryman in World War I?
(a) December, 1916.
(b) January, 1914.
(c) June, 1916.
(d) August, 1915.

9. Who delivers news of the soldier in "The Dead-Beat?"
(a) An unnamed soldier.
(b) The doctor.
(c) The speaker.
(d) The commander.

10. What happens to the soldier who falls asleep in "Asleep?"
(a) He is shot and killed.
(b) He is captured by the enemy.
(c) He freezes to death.
(d) His shoes are stolen.

11. How do soldiers feel about Death in "The Next War?"
(a) They are not afraid.
(b) They are enemies.
(c) They are afraid.
(d) They are friends.

12. What fate does Jim receive in "The Chances?"
(a) Death.
(b) Capture.
(c) Insanity.
(d) Victory.

13. What does the sentry say about himself in "The Sentry?"
(a) He is blind.
(b) He is a friend.
(c) He plans to kill them if they fall asleep.
(d) He knows how to help them escape.

14. How many soldiers die in "Dulce Et Decorum Est?"
(a) About half of them.
(b) The number is not known.
(c) All of them.
(d) One.

15. What poet helped Owen with his literary ambitions?
(a) William Carlos Williams.
(b) T. S. Eliot.
(c) Laurent Tailhade.
(d) John Keats.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who or what laughs at the soldiers in "The Last Laugh?"

2. Who is the young man in "The Parable of the Old Man and the Young?"

3. Whom did Owen become an assistant to for money?

4. What is stopped in "Soldier's Dream?"

5. In what nation was Owen born?

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