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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 natural event does the speaker use as a comparison for the start of World War I in "1914?"

2. What does one person see news of in the newspaper in "Six o'clock in Princes Street?"

3. What does "I saw his Round Mouth's Crimson" describe?

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 is controversial about "Song of Songs?"

3. Why is the woman in "The Imbecile" an imbecile? Who thinks this of her?

4. What early poem of Owen's does Blunden admire most? What was the poem's inspiration?

5. What are the four gems in "Spells and Incantation?" What does each represent?

6. How are "To Eros" and "My Shy Hand" different from the other poems in the section?

7. Compare and contrast "The Fates" with "This is the Track."

8. Who might the man be that the speaker is going to meet in "The Promisers?" What does it mean that the speaker never meets him?

9. Why doesn't the speaker grow old in "To the Bitter Sweet-heart: a Dream?" What does this imply?

10. What is the hole cut in Europe? Why is it called "the Path of Glory?"

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What role does sound play in Owen's poetry? Use at least two examples of poems to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Explain Blunden's speculations about Owen's life and career if he had survived World War I. Do you agree with his assessment? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Explain Owen's use of light and dark in contrast in the poems "The Sentry" and "Conscious."

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