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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the poem "Naturally the Foundation Will Bear Your Expenses," who is the narrator going to meet?
(a) Morgan Forster.
(b) The Queen.
(c) Professor Lal.
(d) Professor Havord.

2. Finish this line from the poem "Ignorance": "Our flesh surrounds us with ________."
(a) Its own decisions.
(b) Its own precision.
(c) Organs of life.
(d) Breath and hope.

3. 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) Books are a load of crap.
(d) Two dirty dogs twice my size.

4. What is the subject of the poem "Solar"?
(a) Earth.
(b) The sun.
(c) Mars.
(d) Pluto.

5. In the poem "Nothing to be Said," what does the poet say life is?
(a) Beautiful.
(b) Watching the days pass.
(c) Slow dying.
(d) Waiting for something good to come.

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

7. In the poem "Ambulances," what phrase is italicized?
(a) Poor soul.
(b) Poor lamb.
(c) Poor boy.
(d) Poor puppy.

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

9. In the poem "Love Songs in Age," what is the widow playing?
(a) Records.
(b) The piano.
(c) The radio.
(d) The violin.

10. In the poem "High Windows," what does the narrator say about the sky?
(a) It is overwhelming.
(b) It is terrific.
(c) It is overcast.
(d) It is endless.

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

12. In "The Building," what kind of building is the poem about?
(a) A museum.
(b) A hospital.
(c) A restaurant.
(d) A hotel.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Finish this line from "Mr. Bleaney": "That how we live measures ________."

2. In the poem "To the Sea," for what does the narrator search the sand?

3. In "Friday Night at the Royal Station Hotel," where have the salesmen gone?

4. Finish this line from the poem "Going, Going": "Excuses that make them all ______."

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

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