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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) Finding and marrying your true love.
(b) Going back to your family roots.
(c) Moving away from the grip of your family.
(d) Fairytale princesses.

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

3. In the poem "Is It for Now or For Always," what does the narrator call his lover?
(a) Angel.
(b) Darling.
(c) Beautiful.
(d) Beloved.

4. In the poem "Love, We Must Part Now," what does the narrator say is always in a parting relationship?
(a) Regret.
(b) Love.
(c) Hate.
(d) Friendship.

5. In the poem "The Dancer," what elements does the dancer contemplate imitating?
(a) A horse.
(b) A butterfly.
(c) A cloud.
(d) A rose.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom is "All Catches Alight" dedicated?

2. In the poem "Toads," what does the toad represent?

3. In the poem "Spring," where is the narrator?

4. What does the ship in the poem "Next, Please" represent?

5. In the poem "Wedding-Wind," what animal is restless?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "Livings," where is the narrator? Why does he go there?

2. In the poem "The Large Cool Store," what does the store sell? What is the end of the poem about?

3. What is the setting of the poem "Reasons for Attendance"? Where is the narrator? Why?

4. What is the subject of the poem "This Is the First Thing"? To what does the narrator compare it?

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

6. In the poem "Sympathy in White Major," what is the narrator doing? What is he thinking about?

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

8. In the poem "Ugly Sister," why does the girl go to her room? Where does she find solace?

9. In the poem "Coming," what is coming? How does the narrator feel about this?

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

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