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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. In the poem "Sympathy in White Major," what does the narrator say is not his favorite color?
(a) Black.
(b) White.
(c) Green.
(d) Blue.

4. In the poem "Sympathy in White Major," how many ice cubes does the narrator put in his glass?
(a) Two.
(b) Four.
(c) Five.
(d) Three.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the last line to the poem "Home Is So Sad"?

2. In "Friday Night at the Royal Station Hotel," where have the salesmen gone?

3. In "Sympathy in White Major," what does the narrator drink?

4. In "Dublinesque," what is passing through the streets?

5. Finish this line from "Mr. Bleaney": "That how we live measures ________."

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