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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the poem "The Large Cool Store," what does the store sell?
(a) Hardware.
(b) Vegetables.
(c) Meat.
(d) Cheap clothes.

2. In the poem "Sympathy in White Major," what does the narrator say is not his favorite color?
(a) Green.
(b) White.
(c) Blue.
(d) Black.

3. How many parts compose the poem "Livings"?
(a) Five.
(b) Six.
(c) Two.
(d) Three.

4. In "The Card-Players," what is the weather outside?
(a) Hail.
(b) Rain.
(c) Sunshine.
(d) Snow.

5. Finish this line from "High Windows": "And everyone young going down the long slide to _______."
(a) Happiness.
(b) Old Age.
(c) Faith.
(d) Death.

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

7. In "This Be the Verse," who are the subjects of the poem?
(a) Parents.
(b) Aunts and uncles.
(c) Cousins.
(d) Grandparents.

8. What is the last line of the poem "The Old Fools"?
(a) Those old fools.
(b) Into the blue.
(c) We shall find out.
(d) Listen once more.

9. In the poem "Broadcast," what popular figure is on television?
(a) The president.
(b) The queen.
(c) An actress.
(d) The prime minister.

10. In the poem "To the Sea," for what does the narrator search the sand?
(a) Famous cricketers.
(b) Jiminy Cricket.
(c) Cricket squeaks.
(d) Cricket jumpers.

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

12. In the poem "MCMXIV," what line is repeated?
(a) Never a time again.
(b) Never is beyond the damp.
(c) Never these thoughts.
(d) Never such innocence.

13. What is the name of the cafe in "Going, Going"?
(a) F6.
(b) M5.
(c) M1.
(d) F2.

14. In the poem "Dockery and Son," what does the narrator eat?
(a) An apple.
(b) A banana.
(c) A hamburger.
(d) An awful pie.

15. What is the final line of the poem "A Study of Reading Habits"?
(a) I broke them up like meringues.
(b) Evil was just my lark.
(c) Two dirty dogs twice my size.
(d) Books are a load of crap.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the subject of the poem "Water"?

2. In "Posterity," what is the name of the biographer?

3. In the poem "Livings," what kind of constellations are mentioned at the end of the poem?

4. Finish this line from "Homage to a Government": "All we can hope to leave them is ________."

5. What is the last line to the poem "Home Is So Sad"?

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