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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the subject of the poem "Places, Loved Ones"?
(a) Going back to your family roots.
(b) Fairytale princesses.
(c) Moving away from the grip of your family.
(d) Finding and marrying your true love.

2. What animal is mentioned in the poem "Wires"?
(a) Cattle.
(b) Sheep.
(c) Horses.
(d) Chickens.

3. What poem is this opening line from: "At last you yielded the album, which,/ Once open, sent me distracted"?
(a) "Whatever Happened?"
(b) "At Grass."
(c) "Wants."
(d) "Lines on a Young Lady's Photograph Album."

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

5. What does the ship in the poem "Next, Please" represent?
(a) Affluence.
(b) Life.
(c) Hope.
(d) Death.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom is the poem "Born Yesterday" dedicated?

2. In the poem "The Bottle Is Drunk," what is the narrator sick from?

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

4. What pleases the narrator in the poem "Church Going"?

5. In "Dawn," what does the poet say is strange?

Short Essay Questions

1. In the poem "A Study of Reading Habits," what does the narrator say reading helped him do? How does the poem end?

2. What is the narrator talking to in the poem "I Put My Mouth"? What is the poem about?

3. What is the poem "Wires" about? What kind of animal is mentioned in the poem?

4. To whom is the poem "Conscript" dedicated? What does the subject of the poem have to defend?

5. How many parts comprise the poem "The North Ship"? Where is the third ship going?

6. In the poem "Toads," what does the toad represent? What does the narrator say about himself in regards to this subject?

7. In "The Dedicated," why are the walks smoothed out? Where do the feet of the doves perch?

8. In "Going, Going," what is tougher than humans? How is it tougher than humans?

9. In "Friday Night at the Royal Station Hotel," to what does the narrator compare the hotel? What kind of letters do the people write?

10. Who is the subject of the poem "Like the Train's Beat"? How does the narrator describe this person?

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