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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 "irritant" is mentioned in the poem "Dry-Point"?
(a) A broken bone.
(b) A blister.
(c) A pulled muscle.
(d) A bruise.

2. In "Within a Dream," what does the poet say is cold?
(a) The bed.
(b) The ground.
(c) His heart.
(d) The air.

3. What phrase is italicized in the poem "Next, Please"?
(a) Till then.
(b) But we are wrong.
(c) Right to the last.
(d) How slow they are!

4. Finish the line from "Wants": "Beneath it all, desire of ______ runs."
(a) Affection.
(b) Oblivion.
(c) Love.
(d) Fame.

5. Finish this line from the poem "One Man Walking": "One man restlessly waiting ______."
(a) A train.
(b) For shelter.
(c) A lover.
(d) For love.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In the poem "Deceptions," what does the ruined woman in the epigraph claim?

3. What is the nationality of the girl on the train in "Like the Train's Beat"?

4. What would the narrator's darling discover in the poem "If, My Darling"?

5. In the poem "Kick Up the Fire," what causes instantaneous grief?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In the poem "Maiden Name," what has marriage done to the subject? What is the result of this?

3. In the poem "Toads Revisited," where is the narrator? What does he contemplate?

4. In "Posterity," who is Jake Balokowsky? What did he want to do with his life that he seemingly will no longer be able to?

5. In the poem "Skin," what does the narrator call his skin? What is the poem about?

6. In the poem "Broadcast," what popular figure is on television? What does the narrator notice was dropped?

7. What is the poem "Tops" about? What is the thing that most appalls?

8. What is the subject of poem "Next, Please"? What does the ship in the poem represent?

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

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

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