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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Finish this line from the poem "Ignorance": "Our flesh surrounds us with ________."
(a) Its own precision.
(b) Breath and hope.
(c) Its own decisions.
(d) Organs of life.

2. In the poem "An Arudel Tomb," what are the earl and countess secretly doing?
(a) Crying.
(b) Singing.
(c) Talking to each other.
(d) Holding hands.

3. In the poem "Forget What Did," what was a stun to memory?
(a) Learning a language.
(b) Burning the pictures.
(c) Forgetting her name.
(d) Stopping the diary.

4. In the poem "Posterity," what does the biographer want to do for a year?
(a) Travel the world.
(b) Learn to play piano.
(c) Teach in Tel Aviv.
(d) Finish a novel.

5. In what year was the collection "The Whitsun Weddings" published?
(a) 1964.
(b) 1954.
(c) 1974.
(d) 1944.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the subject of the poem "Solar"?

2. What is the subject of the poem "Water"?

3. What is the last line of the poem "The Old Fools"?

4. Finish this line from the poem "Days": "Days are where ________."

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

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