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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 "Pour Away That Youth," what fear is expressed?
(a) Fear of failure.
(b) Fear of death.
(c) Fear of life.
(d) Fear of ghosts.

2. In the poem "Latest Face," who is the latest face?
(a) His behavior at the time.
(b) His age, which is showing.
(c) His, in the mirror.
(d) An admirer.

3. What is the subject of the poem "Places, Loved Ones"?
(a) Moving away from the grip of your family.
(b) Finding and marrying your true love.
(c) Going back to your family roots.
(d) Fairytale princesses.

4. To whom is the poem "Born Yesterday" dedicated?
(a) Martin Amis.
(b) Sally Amis.
(c) Amos and Andy.
(d) Sally Hemmings.

5. In the poem "Night-Music," what kind of trees are mentioned?
(a) Spring pines.
(b) Black poplars.
(c) Grand oaks.
(d) Heavenly maples.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. In the poem "I Dreamed of an Out-thrust Arm," what is the narrator empty of?

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

5. In the poem "Wants," what does the narrator want more than anything?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What line is repeated in the poem "All Catches Alight"? What purpose does the repeated line serve?

4. Where is the narrator in the poem "Climbing the Hill"? What is the tone of the poem?

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

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

7. In the poem "Love Songs in an Age," what object(s) did the woman keep? What does this do for the woman?

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

9. In the poem "Talking in Bed," how does the narrator feel about talking in bed? What does he say is hard to do?

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

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