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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. To whom is "All Catches Alight" dedicated?
(a) Montgomery Ward.
(b) Bruce Montgomery.
(c) Bruce Wayne.
(d) Warden Montgomery.

2. Finish this line from the poem "No Road": "Since we agreed to let the road between us ___________."
(a) Pound to dust.
(b) Fall to disuse.
(c) Array itself in flowers.
(d) Flourish beautifully.

3. In the poem "Morning Has Spread Again," how many times has the narrator and his subject met?
(a) More than five times.
(b) Every day.
(c) He has known her his whole life.
(d) Fewer than six times.

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

5. In "Dawn," what does the poet say is strange?
(a) That the cock crows at dawn.
(b) That each morning is new.
(c) That the heart is loveless.
(d) That the dawn should break.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the poem "Arrivals, Departures," what line is in parentheses?

2. What question does the narrator ask in "This Was Your Place of Birth"?

3. In the poem "Spring," where is the narrator?

4. What is the subject of the poem "Places, Loved Ones"?

5. In "The Moon Is Full Tonight," what is gone from earth?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. In "Breadfruit," what do the boys dream of? Where do these visions end?

5. What is the setting of the poem "Reasons for Attendance"? Where is the narrator? Why?

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

8. What is the poem "Take one Home for the Kiddies" about? What happens to this object?

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

10. In the poem "Self's the Man," who does the narrator compare himself to? What conclusion does he come to?

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