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

2. In the poem "Climbing the Hill," what does the narrator find falling?
(a) Snow.
(b) Raindrop tears.
(c) Swans.
(d) Ancient sadness.

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

4. What question does the narrator ask in "This Was Your Place of Birth"?
(a) "Are you prepared for what the night will bring?"
(b) "Are you lonesome tonight?"
(c) "Are you the bell ringing in the distance?"
(d) "Are you fate, or fate's fading light?"

5. What animal is mentioned in the poem "At Grass"?
(a) Cattle.
(b) Birds.
(c) A horse.
(d) A swan.

Short Answer Questions

1. What emotion does the narrator of the poem "Wedding-Wind" feel?

2. In the poem "Heaviest of Flowers," to what does the narrator compare memories?

3. What pleases the narrator in the poem "Church Going"?

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

5. How many parts compose "The North Ship"?

Short Essay Questions

1. In the poem "Coming," what is coming? How does the narrator feel about this?

2. In the poem "Waiting for Breakfast," what is the female character doing? What does the narrator do to her, and how does he feel about this?

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

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

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

6. In "Forget What Did," what "was a stun to memory"? What does the narrator think pages should be filled with?

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

8. In the poem "The Trees," what does the narrator say the trees' greenness is? What do trees do that humans should follow?

9. In the poem "A Study of Reading Habits," what does the narrator say reading helped him do? How does the poem end?

10. In "Story," where did the narrator move from his hometown? What happened as he grew older?

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