1 Which is NOT a theme of "The Next War"? Death Nationalism Religion War 2 Complete this line: "No soldier's paid to ____ against his powers." Fight Kick Struggle March 3 To which real-world war does this poem subtly allude? World War II The Vietnam War World War I The Franco-Prussian War 4 Complete this line: "And ____ wars, where each proud fighter brags" Longer Greater Bigger Faster 5 Who does the poem's first-person plural "we" refer to? The German army The antiwar protest movement The soldiers in the war The citizens of the United States 6 Who is the speaker of this poem? A prisoner of war A soldier Death President Woodrow Wilson 7 From which poem is the epigraph to "The Next War" taken? "A Letter Home" "Dulce et Decorum Est" "In Flanders Fields" "My Papa's Waltz" 8 Which sounds in the line "Death was never enemy of ours" create assonance? The "N" consonant The "R" consonant The "Ou" vowel in "ours" The short "E" vowel 9 What is the poem's meter? Iambic pentameter Trochaic pentameter Iambic hexameter Spondaic dimeter 10 What stance did Wilfred Owen most likely wish to support in this poem? An anti-war stance An anti-censorship stance A patriotic stance A religious stance 11 The speaker describes Death holding a scythe. What does this image allude to? The European image of the Grim Reaper The Greek deity Thanatos The Hindu god Yama The Irish folkloric figure of the banshee 12 Which object is used metonymically as well as literally in the poem? Mess-tins Bullets Flags Bombs 13 What do flags symbolize in this poem? Nationalism Surrender Masculinity Domestic labor 14 Death's breath metaphorically represents which of the following? The economic destruction caused by war Chemical weapons Trauma Alcoholism 15 Which form does this poem take? It is an English sonnet It is a Spenserian sonnet It blends elements of the Italian and English sonnet forms It is an Italian sonnet 16 What is the poem's rhyme scheme? ABCAABCA BBAABB ABBACDDC EFEFGG ABCD ABCD ABCD AD ABABCDCDEFEF GG 17 Why, according to the speaker, will a bigger war soon occur? Because war is necessary to prevent more death Because of pro-war propaganda Because of the onslaught of communism Because of humans' tendency towards violence 18 The "W" sounds in the line "We whistled while he shaved us with his scythe" are an example of which? Assonance Internal Rhyme Synecdoche Anaphora 19 What is the poem's central irony? Its surprising assertion that death is not an enemy, but is in fact an ally, during wartime The speaker's description of a soldier who is going to die, though the soldier himself does not know Its sarcastic repetition of the idea that soldiers should be unpaid volunteers Its claim that war is actually peaceful, while peace is psychologically violent 20 Complete this line: "Our eyes wept, but our courage didn't ____" Flag Writhe Shrink Falter 21 Why are the poem's sixth and thirteenth lines distinct? They are enjambed They are end-stopped They each diverge from the established rhyme scheme They are written in a different meter than the other lines 22 Why is the poem's epigraph an understatement? The speaker doesn't view war as a mere joke, but as a ridiculous and absurd farce The speaker doesn't just mean that war is a joke metaphorically—he has actually invented the war for his own amusement There is no understatement in the epigraph The speaker doesn't just find war to be a joke, but actually is happier at war than he is at home 23 Complete this line: "Out there, we've ____ quite friendly up to Death-" Strolled Reached Walked Risen 24 What best describes the speaker's relationship to Death? Familiar and intimate Cold and wary Seductive and tempting Distant but friendly 25 What effect is created by the poem's rhyming of "brags" and "flags"? It implies that people should feel proud of their country, no matter where they are from It hints that flags of surrender as well as those of victory can be forms of bragging It equates nationalism with falsehood and jingoism It suggests that flags and other symbols are impolite and boastful to others
