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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) His heart.
(c) The ground.
(d) The bed.

2. In the poem "Kick Up the Fire," what causes instantaneous grief?
(a) Silence.
(b) Death.
(c) Being alone.
(d) Hate.

3. 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.

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

5. What animal is mentioned in the poem "Wires"?
(a) Chickens.
(b) Sheep.
(c) Cattle.
(d) Horses.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the poem "Myxomatosis," what object causes the subject pain?

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

3. In the poem "Night-Music," what kind of trees are mentioned?

4. In the poem "Is It for Now or For Always," what does the narrator call his lover?

5. What is the subject of the poem "Going"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the narrator looking at in the poem "Lines on a Young Lady's Photograph Album"? What does the narrator say about the nature of photography?

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

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

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

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

6. What is the subject of the poem "This Is the First Thing"? To what does the narrator compare it?

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

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

9. Why does the narrator say that home is sad in the poem "Home is so Sad"? Name at least two household objects the narrator talks about in the poem.

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

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