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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. "Sonnet Autumnal" uses the end of summer as an analogy for the end of ___________.
(a) A dream.
(b) War.
(c) A love.
(d) Life.
2. Who is the speaker in "Shadwell Stair?"
(a) A reporter.
(b) An anti-war protestor.
(c) A ghost.
(d) A politician.
3. What will make men better, according to "As Bronze may be much Beautiful?"
(a) Love.
(b) Freedom.
(c) War.
(d) Peace.
4. Who destroyed many of Owen's poems?
(a) An editor.
(b) Owen himself.
(c) His mother.
(d) They were destroyed accidentally in a fire.
5. What poem does Blunden most admire of Owen's early works?
(a) "Dulce Et Decorum Est."
(b) "Isabella."
(c) "The Send-Off."
(d) "The Promisers."
Short Answer Questions
1. "Antaeus: A Fragment" describes a fight between ______ and Antaeus.
2. What is the barge passing in "Hospital Barge at Cerisy?"
3. What will destroy men, according to "As Bronze may be much Beautiful?"
4. What is whispering to the speaker in "Miners?"
5. What sound replaces the bugles in "Bugles Sang?"
Short Essay Questions
1. Why is Heracles unable to defeat Antaeus in "Antaeus: A Fragment?"
2. What literary reference does Owen make in "Hospital Barge at Cerisy?" What does this reveal about the hospital barge?
3. What is controversial about "Song of Songs?"
4. Compare and contrast "The Fates" with "This is the Track."
5. What is personification? How does Owen use it in "Cramped in that Funnelled Hole?"
6. Why would Owen rather be remembered as a soldier than a poet in "To My Friend: (With an Identity Disk)?"
7. Why will the soldiers never be as happy as they were as children in "Happiness?"
8. Give at least four references to the afterlife in "To a Comrade in Flanders."
9. What are the four gems in "Spells and Incantation?" What does each represent?
10. Into what two phases does Blunden divide Owen's life as a poet? What do these titles mean?
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