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

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

3. In the poem "Nursery Tale," what does the narrator say he remembers?
(a) A garden.
(b) A maiden.
(c) A horseman.
(d) A soldier.

4. Who is the author of this book of poetry?
(a) Philip Larkin.
(b) Phillip Lawson.
(c) Larking Philips.
(d) Phillip Laykin.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Finish this line from the poem "No Road": "Since we agreed to let the road between us ___________."

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

3. What types of games are long gone in the poem "Cut Grass"?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. In "A Writer," what gift did the writer possess? How was the narrator different from other people then?

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

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

4. In the poem "Dublinesque," what is going through the streets? What name is heard?

5. In the poem "An Arundel Tomb," who are the subjects of the poem? What are they doing?

6. In "Love," what is the difficult part of love? Who does love suit?

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

8. In "Portrait," to what do the woman's hands devote themselves? What are her enemies?

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

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

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