View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the poem "Poetry of Departure," what does the narrator say he gets sick of?
(a) Letters.
(b) Traveling.
(c) Reality.
(d) Home.

2. What phrase is italicized in the poem "Next, Please"?
(a) Right to the last.
(b) Till then.
(c) How slow they are!
(d) But we are wrong.

3. What does the narrator address in the poem "If I Could Free You"?
(a) Nature.
(b) The heart.
(c) A prisoner.
(d) The mind.

4. What season does the poem "Coming" discuss?
(a) Fall.
(b) Spring.
(c) Winter.
(d) Summer.

5. What room is mentioned in the poem "Absences"?
(a) The attic.
(b) The kitchen.
(c) The basement.
(d) A bedroom.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. In the poem "Maiden Name," what did marriage do to the woman?

4. In the poem "Waiting for Breakfast," what is the female character doing?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In "Friday Night at the Royal Station Hotel," to what does the narrator compare the hotel? What kind of letters do the people write?

3. In the poem "Skin," what does the narrator call his skin? What is the poem about?

4. In the poem "Maiden Name," what has marriage done to the subject? What is the result of this?

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

6. In the poem "Ugly Sister," why does the girl go to her room? Where does she find solace?

7. In "Since the Majority of Me," what does "the majority of me" reject? What is the result of this?

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 660 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample