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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What job is the speaker of "A Terre" willing to do?

2. Why can't the soldier forget in "Mental Cases?"

3. What instrument did Owen learn to play?

4. What does the sentry say he sees later in "The Sentry?"

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the speaker of "Smile, Smile, Smile" think of the press? Why?

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

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

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

5. What does the soldier's wish to be put to bed symbolize in "Disabled?"

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

7. Why does the soldier's letter to his wife in "The Letter" not tell the actual conditions of war?

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

9. What does "Le Christianisme" imply about the role of religion in war?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Define allusion and explain how Owen used allusion in his poetry.

Essay Topic 2

Explain the philosophy of "returning to the earth" discussed in Owen's poetry.

Essay Topic 3

Define elegy. What are the characteristics of an elegy? Explain how "Elegy in April and September" fits into this definition of an elegy.

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