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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who wrote the introduction in Collected Poems?
(a) Alfred, Lord Tennyson.
(b) Wilfred Owen.
(c) John Keats.
(d) C. Day Lewis.

2. Whose love is dying, according to "Exposure?"
(a) Each other's.
(b) God's.
(c) The public's.
(d) The government's.

3. Who or what laughs at the soldiers in "The Last Laugh?"
(a) Weapons.
(b) Dogs.
(c) Enemy soldiers.
(d) God.

4. Where is the speaker of "Disabled?"
(a) A bar.
(b) A trench.
(c) A hospital ward.
(d) The battlefield.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Greater Love," which is the greater love?

2. In what season does "Exposure" take place?

3. Who rises above the battlefield with the speaker in "The Show?"

4. What is the first poem in Collected Poems?

5. Where did Owen attend college?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the anthem in "Anthem for Doomed Youth?"

2. What does "S.I.W." stand for? How does this contribute to the soldier dying with a smile?

3. What does "Insensibility" say about soldiers who become immune to the horrors of war?

4. What does Lewis say about Owen prior to World War I in the Introduction of Collected Poems?

5. Explain Owen's childhood.

6. What does the speaker see on the battlefield in "The Show?" What do they represent?

7. What contradiction is found in "Sonnet?"

8. What is the worst possible outcome in battle, according to "The Chances?" Why?

9. What is the tone of "Exposure?" How do you know?

10. Describe Owen's experience as a vicar's assistant.

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