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

2. Which of these phrases is italicized in the poem "Places, Loved Ones"?
(a) Your person, your place.
(b) None the less.
(c) This is my proper ground.
(d) Who has instant claim.

3. In the poem "The Bottle Is Drunk," what is the narrator sick from?
(a) Pneumonia.
(b) The cold.
(c) Want of sleep.
(d) Heartache.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In the poem "Latest Face," who is the latest face?

2. In the poem "Poetry of Departure," what does the narrator say he gets sick of?

3. How many ships does the narrator see in "The North Ship"?

4. What does the coming season do to the narrator of the poem "Coming"?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the subject of the poem "Wants"? What does the narrator desire at the end?

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

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

5. Who is the narrator of the poem "Wedding-Wind"? What emotion is the narrator feeling in the poem?

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

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

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

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

10. In "This Be the Verse," what does the narrator say "man hands on to man"? What does the narrator say in the last line?

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