Wilfred Owen: Poems Quizzes

Wilfred Owen: Poems Quiz 1

1 Where does the soldier in "Strange Meeting" find himself?
In Hell

At home

In Heaven

In Purgatory
2 In "Strange Meeting", what does the soldier see that leads him to believe he is in hell?
The dead man's smile

The dead man's eyes

The dead man's legs

The dead man's arms
3 The soldier in "Strange Meeting" says there is no cause to
fight

live

mourn

smile
4 In "Strange Meeting" the dead man says the truth is the _____ of war.
irrationality

sadness

reality

pity
5 The dead man in "Strange Meeting" says he used to possess
money

courage and wisdom

religion

good looks
6 The dead man in "Strange Meeting" wants to
tell the truth about war

go to heaven

get back on the battlefield

go back to his family
7 Who does the dead man in "Strange Meeting" say he is?
The brother of the soldier

A famous war general

The cousin of the soldier

The enemy killed by the soldier
8 What does the dead man in "Strange Meeting" want to do at the very end?
Sleep

Talk more

Kill the soldier

Return to earth
9 In "Greater Love" the speaker says red lips are not as red as
red roses

a beating heart

the stained stones of the dead

the red blood on the uniforms
10 The eyes that the speaker in "Greater Love" finds more alluring are
blinded

dead

blue

closed in sleep
11 What is more exquisite than "your slender attitude" in "Greater Love"?
Charging in battle

Limbs rolling around

Dying

Firing a gun
12 In "Greater Love" what is more dear than the soft women's voices?
Bugles blowing

The sound of shells

Voices of dead soldiers

The wind
13 In "Greater Love" what is hotter and larger than a heart?
A heart shot with bullets

A soldier's amputated limbs

Artillery shells

A heart that is not beating
14 What do the pale hands in "Greater Love" carry throughout "flame and hail"?
A Bible

A photograph

A gun

A cross
15 At the very end of "Greater Love", what does the speaker say you cannot do?
Weep for them

Talk to them

Laugh at them

Touch them
16 In "Dulce et Decorum est" what are the bent-over soldiers compared to?
Beggars

Hunchbacks

Pack animals

Servants
17 The men marching in "Dulce et Decorum est" are all of the following except
Blind

Lame

Asleep

Talkative
18 What are the men in "Dulce et Decorum est" deaf to?
God

Conversation

Shells

Praise
19 What interrupts the march in "Dulce et Decorum est"?
Gunfire

A fight

Shells

Poison gas
20 What happens to the man in "Dulce et Decorum est" who does not get his helmet on?
Nothing

He dies immediately

He attacks another man

He falls
21 Where is the coughing, gurgling soldier put in "Dulce et Decorum est"?
A house

A wagon

A grave

On the side of the road
22 The spectacle of the dying soldier in "Dulce et Decorum est" is "obscene as _____"
hell

disease

cancer

the devil
23 "Dulce et Decorum est" is referred to as
the truth

a glorious motto

a debate

a lie
24 In "Dulce et Decorum est" the speaker can best be described as
confused

bitter

youthful

hopeful
25 What war does Owen write about?
WWI

The Civil War

WWII

The Vietnam War

How could we interpret the symbol of ‘fruits’?

Poem title, please?

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I'm not sure what you mean by "next war".

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Experience of war in Dulce Et Decorum Est

"Dulce et Decorum est" is without a doubt one of, if not the most, memorable and anthologized poems in Owen's oeuvre. Its vibrant imagery and searing tone make it an unforgettable excoriation of WWI, and it has found its way into both literature...

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