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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What signal do the soldiers in "Spring Offensive" receive that the battle is starting?
(a) The sound of the enemy approaching.
(b) Word from their commander.
(c) A bugle call.
(d) A cold breeze.

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

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

4. According to "At a Cavalry near the Ancre," what do people who love die without?
(a) Hate.
(b) Money.
(c) Honor.
(d) Wisdom.

5. Owen's preface says his poems are about __________.
(a) Men.
(b) Love.
(c) War.
(d) Himself.

6. What can the soldiers not forget in "Mental Cases?"
(a) The fear of being in battle.
(b) Gruesome sights from war.
(c) Their fallen comrades.
(d) The soldiers they killed.

7. What does the soldier's father tell him is worse than death in "S.I.W.?"
(a) Disloyalty.
(b) Diplomacy.
(c) Disgrace.
(d) Cowardice.

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

9. In what nation was Owen born?
(a) The United States of America.
(b) Wales.
(c) England.
(d) Ireland.

10. What does the speaker hold up to the sentry in "The Sentry?"
(a) Nothing.
(b) A light.
(c) His hand.
(d) A gun.

11. What will the soldier not do, according to "Arms and the Boy?"
(a) Grow weapons on his body.
(b) Be remembered after he falls.
(c) Find peace on the front lines.
(d) Come home from the war.

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

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

14. What kind of accent does the speaker use in "The Chances?"
(a) French.
(b) German.
(c) Cockney.
(d) American.

15. What does the speaker of "Disabled" remember about the town he is observing?
(a) Happiness.
(b) Music.
(c) Peace.
(d) Children.

Short Answer Questions

1. What fate does Jim receive in "The Chances?"

2. When did Owen arrive on the front as an infantryman in World War I?

3. Whose poems are in Collected Poems?

4. Where is the soldier in "Inspection?"

5. What kind of trauma from war do the soldiers suffer in "Mental Cases?"

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