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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "The Card-Players," what is the weather outside?
(a) Hail.
(b) Sunshine.
(c) Snow.
(d) Rain.

2. In "The Card-Players," what does Jan van Hogspeuw do?
(a) Coughs.
(b) Snores.
(c) Pees.
(d) Throws up.

3. What is the last line to the poem "Home Is So Sad"?
(a) Home is so sad.
(b) That vase.
(c) The music in that piano stool.
(d) Long fallen wide.

4. In "How Distant," what departure does the poem mention?
(a) The departure of reality.
(b) The departure of young men.
(c) The departure of life.
(d) The departure of family.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In the poem "Posterity," what does the biographer want to do for a year?

2. What kind of animal is mentioned in the poem "First Sight"?

3. In the poem "The Whitsun Weddings," what time of the afternoon is the poem set?

4. In the poem "Mr Bleaney," where did Mr. Bleaney stay till they moved him?

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

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