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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the poem "Forget What Did," what was a stun to memory?
(a) Burning the pictures.
(b) Learning a language.
(c) Stopping the diary.
(d) Forgetting her name.

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

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

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

5. In the poem "Posterity," what does the biographer want to do for a year?
(a) Travel the world.
(b) Learn to play piano.
(c) Teach in Tel Aviv.
(d) Finish a novel.

6. What is the subject of the poem "Sunny Prestatyn"?
(a) A lover.
(b) A city.
(c) A poster.
(d) A college.

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

8. In "Homage to a Government," why are the soldiers coming home?
(a) They are defeated.
(b) They lack money.
(c) The draft was revoked.
(d) The war is over.

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

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

11. Finish this line from "As Bad as a Mile": "The apple unbitten ________."
(a) On the tree.
(b) In the grass.
(c) In the vase.
(d) In the palm.

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

13. In the poem "An Arundel Tomb," what lies at the earl and countess' feet?
(a) Flowers.
(b) Jewels.
(c) Dogs.
(d) Gold.

14. In the poem "Afternoons," what season is approaching?
(a) Summer.
(b) Spring.
(c) Winter.
(d) Fall.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Dublinesque," what name is heard in the street?

2. In the poem "Livings," how many days does the narrator spend in the hotel?

3. In "Self's the Man," what is the name of the character that the narrator is comparing himself?

4. In the poem "The Old Fools," what question is asked at the end of the first stanza?

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

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