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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 Moon Is Full Tonight," what is gone from earth?
(a) Hope.
(b) Luxury.
(c) Light.
(d) Paradise.

2. In the poem "Waiting for Breakfast," what is the female character doing?
(a) Reading the newspaper.
(b) Making toast.
(c) Brushing her hair.
(d) Turning on the stove.

3. What does the ship in the poem "Next, Please" represent?
(a) Life.
(b) Hope.
(c) Affluence.
(d) Death.

4. What pleases the narrator in the poem "Church Going"?
(a) Watching the people walk into church.
(b) Going to Sunday Mass.
(c) Listening to church music.
(d) Standing in an empty church.

5. In the poem "Heaviest of Flowers," to what does the narrator compare memories?
(a) Apples.
(b) Geese.
(c) Paintings.
(d) Roses.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

4. In "Femmes Damnes," what is the photograph of? What is the only sound heard?

5. In the poem "Sympathy in White Major," what is the narrator doing? What is he thinking about?

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

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

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

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

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

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