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