Wilfred Owen: Poems Quizzes

Wilfred Owen: Poems Quiz 1

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

In Heaven

At home

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

The dead man's legs

The dead man's smile

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

fight

live

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

irrationality

reality

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

courage and wisdom

good looks

religion
6 The dead man in "Strange Meeting" wants to
get back on the battlefield

go back to his family

go to heaven

tell the truth about war
7 Who does the dead man in "Strange Meeting" say he is?
The brother of the soldier

A famous war general

The enemy killed by the soldier

The cousin of the soldier
8 What does the dead man in "Strange Meeting" want to do at the very end?
Return to earth

Sleep

Talk more

Kill the soldier
9 In "Greater Love" the speaker says red lips are not as red as
the red blood on the uniforms

a beating heart

red roses

the stained stones of the dead
10 The eyes that the speaker in "Greater Love" finds more alluring are
dead

blue

closed in sleep

blinded
11 What is more exquisite than "your slender attitude" in "Greater Love"?
Limbs rolling around

Dying

Firing a gun

Charging in battle
12 In "Greater Love" what is more dear than the soft women's voices?
Voices of dead soldiers

The wind

Bugles blowing

The sound of shells
13 In "Greater Love" what is hotter and larger than a heart?
Artillery shells

A heart that is not beating

A soldier's amputated limbs

A heart shot with bullets
14 What do the pale hands in "Greater Love" carry throughout "flame and hail"?
A photograph

A Bible

A cross

A gun
15 At the very end of "Greater Love", what does the speaker say you cannot do?
Laugh at them

Talk to them

Weep for them

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

Servants

Hunchbacks

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

Lame

Asleep

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

Shells

Praise

Conversation
19 What interrupts the march in "Dulce et Decorum est"?
Poison gas

Gunfire

Shells

A fight
20 What happens to the man in "Dulce et Decorum est" who does not get his helmet on?
He dies immediately

He attacks another man

He falls

Nothing
21 Where is the coughing, gurgling soldier put in "Dulce et Decorum est"?
A wagon

A grave

A house

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

disease

cancer

hell
23 "Dulce et Decorum est" is referred to as
a lie

the truth

a debate

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

hopeful

bitter

youthful
25 What war does Owen write about?
The Civil War

WWII

The Vietnam War

WWI

How could we interpret the symbol of ‘fruits’?

Poem title, please?

Asked by fatma a #1292215

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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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