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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the poem "Send No Money," what does the narrator say he spent his youth chasing?
(a) Girls.
(b) Money.
(c) Fame.
(d) Truth.

2. In the poem "For Sidney Bechet," the narrator says a note is reflected like which city on the water?
(a) Liverpool.
(b) New Orleans.
(c) Seattle.
(d) London.

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

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

5. In the poem "Nothing to be Said," what does the poet say life is?
(a) Waiting for something good to come.
(b) Beautiful.
(c) Slow dying.
(d) Watching the days pass.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the poem "Toads Revisited," where is the narrator?

2. In the poem "Sympathy in White Major," how many ice cubes does the narrator put in his glass?

3. How many parts compose the poem "Livings"?

4. Finish this line from "As Bad as a Mile": "The apple unbitten ________."

5. In the poem "Livings," what kind of constellations are mentioned at the end of the poem?

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