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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. In the poem "I See a Girl Dragged," what does the narrator see men doing?
2. What pleases the narrator in the poem "Church Going"?
3. In the poem "Latest Face," who is the latest face?
4. What animal is mentioned in the poem "At Grass"?
5. In the poem "Skin," what does the narrator call his skin?
Short Essay Questions
1. In "This Be the Verse," what does the narrator say "man hands on to man"? What does the narrator say in the last line?
2. In the poem "The Trees," what does the narrator say the trees' greenness is? What do trees do that humans should follow?
3. In the poem "Toads," what does the toad represent? What does the narrator say about himself in regards to this subject?
4. What is the narrator looking at in the poem "Lines on a Young Lady's Photograph Album"? What does the narrator say about the nature of photography?
5. To whom is the poem "Conscript" dedicated? What does the subject of the poem have to defend?
6. In "Femmes Damnes," what is the photograph of? What is the only sound heard?
7. In the poem "To Write One Song," what does the narrator want to do? Where does he have to go in order to do this?
8. Where is the narrator in the poem "Climbing the Hill"? What is the tone of the poem?
9. In the poem "Broadcast," what popular figure is on television? What does the narrator notice was dropped?
10. In "Posterity," who is Jake Balokowsky? What did he want to do with his life that he seemingly will no longer be able to?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Memories play an important role in Larkin's poetry. Write an essay on the theme of memories in the collection "The Less Deceived." Make sure you use at least two poems in your argument.
Essay Topic 2
In the collection "High Windows," Larkin uses light in many of his poems to create imagery and metaphor. Using at least three examples, write an essay showing Larkin's use of light.
Essay Topic 3
In the collection "The Whitsun Weddings," Larkin uses the theme of city vs. country often. Write an essay explaining this theme in the collection, making sure to use at least three of the poems in your argument.
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