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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Friday Night at the Royal Station Hotel," what is the porter doing?
(a) Reading the paper.
(b) Carrying bags.
(c) Watching T.V.
(d) Sweeping the floor.

2. In "Dublinesque," what is passing through the streets?
(a) A parade.
(b) A trolley.
(c) A funeral.
(d) A bus.

3. In "Sympathy in White Major," what does the narrator drink?
(a) Gin.
(b) Lemonade.
(c) Whiskey.
(d) Soda.

4. In the poem "Livings," what kind of constellations are mentioned at the end of the poem?
(a) Grecian.
(b) Roman.
(c) Flowering.
(d) Chaldean.

5. In the poem "The Old Fools," what question is asked at the end of the first stanza?
(a) Why aren't they screaming?
(b) How can they implore it?
(c) How can they ignore it?
(d) How are they so old?

6. In the poem "The Trees," what word is repeated three times?
(a) Afresh.
(b) Dead.
(c) Thresh.
(d) Again.

7. In the poem "For Sidney Bechet," the narrator says a note is reflected like which city on the water?
(a) Seattle.
(b) Liverpool.
(c) New Orleans.
(d) London.

8. What kind of animal is mentioned in the poem "First Sight"?
(a) A pig.
(b) A fawn.
(c) A cow.
(d) A lamb.

9. In the poem "The Whitsun Weddings," what time of the afternoon is the poem set?
(a) 2:20.
(b) 3:30.
(c) 1:20.
(d) 12:20.

10. What is the subject of the poem "Water"?
(a) Lakes.
(b) Drinking water.
(c) Religion.
(d) Politics.

11. In the poem "Send No Money," what does the narrator say he spent his youth chasing?
(a) Girls.
(b) Fame.
(c) Truth.
(d) Money.

12. In "Friday Night at the Royal Station Hotel," where have the salesmen gone?
(a) Back to Leeds.
(b) Back to London.
(c) To catch the train.
(d) Home for the night.

13. In the poem "Wild Oats," how much did the narrator pay for the ring?
(a) Two guineas.
(b) Fifty guineas.
(c) Ten guineas.
(d) Thirty guineas.

14. In "Posterity," what is the name of the biographer?
(a) Jake Balokowsky.
(b) Frank Reynolds.
(c) Noel Winterson.
(d) Aaron Kuzueski.

15. When was the collection "High Windows" published?
(a) 1968.
(b) 1950.
(c) 1974.
(d) 1980.

Short Answer Questions

1. What object is the poem "Forget What Did" centered around?

2. Finish this line from the poem "Days": "Days are where ________."

3. In the poem "An Arudel Tomb," what are the earl and countess secretly doing?

4. In the poem "Sympathy in White Major," what does the narrator say is not his favorite color?

5. What is the last line of the poem "The Old Fools"?

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