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." Struggle Kick Fight March 3 To which real-world war does this poem subtly allude? The Vietnam War The Franco-Prussian War World War II World War I 4 Complete this line: "And ____ wars, where each proud fighter brags" Longer Greater Faster Bigger 5 Who does the poem's first-person plural "we" refer to? The antiwar protest movement The citizens of the United States The German army The soldiers in the war 6 Who is the speaker of this poem? Death President Woodrow Wilson A soldier A prisoner of war 7 From which poem is the epigraph to "The Next War" taken? "My Papa's Waltz" "Dulce et Decorum Est" "A Letter Home" "In Flanders Fields" 8 Which sounds in the line "Death was never enemy of ours" create assonance? The "R" consonant The "Ou" vowel in "ours" The "N" consonant The short "E" vowel 9 What is the poem's meter? Iambic hexameter Trochaic pentameter Spondaic dimeter Iambic pentameter 10 What stance did Wilfred Owen most likely wish to support in this poem? An anti-censorship stance A patriotic stance A religious stance An anti-war stance 11 The speaker describes Death holding a scythe. What does this image allude to? The Greek deity Thanatos The Hindu god Yama The Irish folkloric figure of the banshee The European image of the Grim Reaper 12 Which object is used metonymically as well as literally in the poem? Bombs Mess-tins Bullets Flags 13 What do flags symbolize in this poem? Domestic labor Nationalism Surrender Masculinity 14 Death's breath metaphorically represents which of the following? Trauma Chemical weapons The economic destruction caused by war 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? ABABCDCDEFEF GG ABCD ABCD ABCD AD ABCAABCA BBAABB ABBACDDC EFEFGG 17 Why, according to the speaker, will a bigger war soon occur? Because of humans' tendency towards violence Because of the onslaught of communism Because of pro-war propaganda Because war is necessary to prevent more death 18 The "W" sounds in the line "We whistled while he shaved us with his scythe" are an example of which? Internal Rhyme Anaphora Synecdoche Assonance 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 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 20 Complete this line: "Our eyes wept, but our courage didn't ____" Falter Shrink Writhe Flag 21 Why are the poem's sixth and thirteenth lines distinct? They each diverge from the established rhyme scheme They are written in a different meter than the other lines They are enjambed They are end-stopped 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 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 There is no understatement in the epigraph 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 Distant but friendly Cold and wary 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 implies that people should feel proud of their country, no matter where they are from 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