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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the poem "The Trees," what word is repeated three times?
(a) Afresh.
(b) Thresh.
(c) Again.
(d) Dead.

2. 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.

3. In the poem "The Large Cool Store," what does the store sell?
(a) Vegetables.
(b) Hardware.
(c) Cheap clothes.
(d) Meat.

4. In "Dublinesque," what name is heard in the street?
(a) Mary.
(b) Huey.
(c) Katy.
(d) Sally.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When was the collection "High Windows" published?

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

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

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

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