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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. In the poem "If Grief Could Burn Out," to what does the narrator compare grief?
(a) Passion.
(b) Fire.
(c) Roses.
(d) Rain.

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

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

4. In the poem "Deceptions," what does the ruined woman in the epigraph claim?
(a) That her husband was not who she thought he was.
(b) That she deceived someone.
(c) That it was a masquerade.
(d) That she was drugged.

5. What object is the subject of the poem "Whatever Happened"?
(a) An old coat.
(b) A theater ticket.
(c) A photograph.
(d) A compass.

Short Answer Questions

1. What line is repeated in "All Catches Alight"?

2. In the poem "Is It for Now or For Always," what does the narrator call his lover?

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

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

5. In the poem "This Is the First Thing," what sound does the narrator say time is?

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

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

6. Where is the narrator in the poem "Spring"? How does the narrator characterize Spring?

7. Where is the narrator in the poem "Night Music"? What does the poem celebrate?

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

9. In the poem "Faith Healing," what are the women doing? How are they trying to do this?

10. In "The Building," what kind of building is the narrator describing? What kind of building does he compare it to?

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