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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Friday Night at the Royal Station Hotel," what is the porter doing?
(a) Watching T.V.
(b) Sweeping the floor.
(c) Carrying bags.
(d) Reading the paper.

2. In the poem "Here," where is the narrator swerving in the first stanza?
(a) South.
(b) West.
(c) East.
(d) North.

3. Finish this line from the poem "Going, Going": "Excuses that make them all ______."
(a) Shamed.
(b) Needs.
(c) Happy.
(d) Guilty.

4. Finish this line from "Mr. Bleaney": "That how we live measures ________."
(a) Our importance in the world.
(b) Our own nature.
(c) The value of ourselves.
(d) How successful we will be.

5. In the poem "Livings," what kind of constellations are mentioned at the end of the poem?
(a) Grecian.
(b) Roman.
(c) Chaldean.
(d) Flowering.

Short Answer Questions

1. Finish this line from "High Windows": "And everyone young going down the long slide to _______."

2. In the poem "For Sidney Bechet," the narrator says a note is reflected like which city on the water?

3. Finish this line from "Homage to a Government": "All we can hope to leave them is ________."

4. In the poem "Ambulances," what phrase is italicized?

5. In the poem "Naturally the Foundation Will Bear Your Expenses," who is the narrator going to meet?

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