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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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(a) The draft was revoked.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

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

7. In "Friday Night at the Royal Station Hotel," where have the salesmen gone?
(a) Back to Leeds.
(b) Back to London.
(c) To catch the train.
(d) Home for the night.

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

9. What does the poet describe in the poem "Essential Beauty"?
(a) The country.
(b) His lover.
(c) Shop windows.
(d) Nature.

10. In the poem "Reference Back," what is the narrator doing?
(a) Reading at the library.
(b) Visiting his hometown.
(c) Playing records.
(d) Thinking about high school.

11. In the poem "Livings," how many days does the narrator spend in the hotel?
(a) Seven.
(b) Three.
(c) Five.
(d) Two.

12. What is the last line of the poem "The Card-Players"?
(a) This lamplit cave.
(b) Belching out smoke.
(c) Rain, Wind, and Fire!
(d) The secret, bestial peace!

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In the poem "MCMXIV," what line is repeated?

2. In the poem "Send No Money," what does the narrator say he spent his youth chasing?

3. In the poem "The Importance of Elsewhere," where is the poet?

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

5. In the poem "The Whitsun Weddings," what time of the afternoon is the poem set?

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