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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. Why can't the soldier forget in "Mental Cases?"
(a) They face it every day.
(b) Their fellow soldiers won't let them.
(c) Everything reminds them of it.
(d) They won't let themselves forget.

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

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

4. Who is the old man in "The Parable of the Old Man and the Young?"
(a) Isaac.
(b) Abraham.
(c) An unnamed soldier.
(d) Owen.

5. Where are soldiers massing in "Spring Offensive?"
(a) A trench.
(b) Between two buildings.
(c) A hill.
(d) A meadow.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is every day the end of, according to "Anthem for Doomed Youth?"

2. How many soldiers are killed in "The Last Laugh?"

3. Where is the speaker of "Disabled?"

4. A statue of whom is left intact in "Le Christianisme?"

5. What happens to the speaker writing in "The Letter?"

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does "Dulce Et Decorum Est" say about war and death?

3. What does Lewis say about poets who came from World War I as compared to World War II?

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

5. What is the connection between soldiers and the earth in "A Terre?"

6. What kind of poet does Lewis think Owen would have been, had he survived the war?

7. Compare and contrast the Biblical story of Abraham and Isaac with the account in "The Parable of the Young Man and the Old."

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

9. Who is the intended audience of the poem "Apologia Pro Poemate Meo?" How do you know?

10. Explain Owen's childhood.

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