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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the subject of the poem "I Remember, I Remember"?
(a) Regaining one's memory after an accident.
(b) Remembering a past event.
(c) Thinking about a lost love.
(d) Returning to a childhood home.

2. Finish this line from the poem "One Man Walking": "One man restlessly waiting ______."
(a) A lover.
(b) For love.
(c) For shelter.
(d) A train.

3. In the poem "Arrivals, Departures," what line is in parentheses?
(a) "His advent blurted to the morning shore."
(b) "Tame water lanes, tall shed, the traveler sees."
(c) "Arrivals lowering in a doleful distance."
(d) "His bag of samples knocking at his knees."

4. In the section "80 Degrees North" from "The North Ship," how many claws does the woman has?
(a) Five.
(b) Three.
(c) Two.
(d) Ten.

5. What would the narrator's darling discover in the poem "If, My Darling"?
(a) He actually loves her sister.
(b) He has been faking his personality around her.
(c) He does not love her.
(d) He is not rich.

6. In the poem "Latest Face," who is the latest face?
(a) An admirer.
(b) His behavior at the time.
(c) His, in the mirror.
(d) His age, which is showing.

7. In the poem "The Dancer," what elements does the dancer contemplate imitating?
(a) A rose.
(b) A cloud.
(c) A horse.
(d) A butterfly.

8. In the poem "The Bottle Is Drunk," what is the narrator sick from?
(a) The cold.
(b) Want of sleep.
(c) Pneumonia.
(d) Heartache.

9. In the poem "Winter," which of these elements is NOT mentioned?
(a) Swans.
(b) Thistles.
(c) Snow.
(d) Horses.

10. What is the nationality of the girl on the train in "Like the Train's Beat"?
(a) Italian.
(b) Russian.
(c) Polish.
(d) French.

11. In the poem "Nursery Tale," what does the narrator say he remembers?
(a) A soldier.
(b) A maiden.
(c) A horseman.
(d) A garden.

12. What room is mentioned in the poem "Absences"?
(a) The basement.
(b) A bedroom.
(c) The kitchen.
(d) The attic.

13. Who is the author of this book of poetry?
(a) Philip Larkin.
(b) Phillip Lawson.
(c) Phillip Laykin.
(d) Larking Philips.

14. What animal is mentioned in the poem "Age"?
(a) Horses.
(b) Cattle.
(c) Dogs.
(d) Birds.

15. In the poem "Deceptions," what does the ruined woman in the epigraph claim?
(a) That she deceived someone.
(b) That her husband was not who she thought he was.
(c) That it was a masquerade.
(d) That she was drugged.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of these phrases is italicized in the poem "Places, Loved Ones"?

2. What question does the narrator ask in "This Was Your Place of Birth"?

3. Finish this line from the poem "No Road": "Since we agreed to let the road between us ___________."

4. In the poem "Ugly Sister," how many steps are there to her room?

5. In the poem "Spring," where is the narrator?

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