Wilfred Owen: Poems Quizzes

Wilfred Owen: Poems Quiz 1

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

At home

In Hell

In Heaven
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 smile

The dead man's eyes

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

smile

fight

live
4 In "Strange Meeting" the dead man says the truth is the _____ of war.
reality

sadness

pity

irrationality
5 The dead man in "Strange Meeting" says he used to possess
courage and wisdom

good looks

religion

money
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 cousin of the soldier

The brother of the soldier

A famous war general

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

Return to earth

Talk more

Sleep
9 In "Greater Love" the speaker says red lips are not as red as
the stained stones of the dead

red roses

a beating heart

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

closed in sleep

dead

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

Firing a gun

Charging in battle

Dying
12 In "Greater Love" what is more dear than the soft women's voices?
The sound of shells

Bugles blowing

Voices of dead soldiers

The wind
13 In "Greater Love" what is hotter and larger than a heart?
A soldier's amputated limbs

A heart that is not beating

Artillery shells

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

A gun

A photograph

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

Talk to them

Weep for them

Laugh at 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
Lame

Talkative

Asleep

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

Praise

Conversation

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

A fight

Gunfire

Shells
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 grave

A wagon

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

cancer

hell

disease
23 "Dulce et Decorum est" is referred to as
a debate

the truth

a glorious motto

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?
The Civil War

WWII

The Vietnam War

WWI

In the poem Disabled, How successfully does the writer compare the idea of sport and war? Using which techniques and phrases?

The speaker reminisces about his life before become disabled, he used to be a renowned football player. His blood stains were his mark of honour and he became lost in the masculinity of his sport. In his naivety, the speaker equated football with...

Asked by kejr j #606472

Answered by Aslan on 12/8/2017 1:59 AM