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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the poem "MCMXIV," what line is repeated?
(a) Never these thoughts.
(b) Never such innocence.
(c) Never a time again.
(d) Never is beyond the damp.

2. In the poem "Reference Back," what is the narrator doing?
(a) Reading at the library.
(b) Visiting his hometown.
(c) Playing records.
(d) Thinking about high school.

3. What is the name of the cafe in "Going, Going"?
(a) M5.
(b) F2.
(c) M1.
(d) F6.

4. In "Friday Night at the Royal Station Hotel," where have the salesmen gone?
(a) Back to Leeds.
(b) Back to London.
(c) Home for the night.
(d) To catch the train.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In the poem "Annus Mirabilis," when did sexual intercourse begin?

2. In the poem "The Large Cool Store," what does the store sell?

3. In the poem "Sympathy in White Major," what does the narrator say is not his favorite color?

4. Finish this line from "The Building": "Though crowds each evening try with wasteful, weak, propitiatory _________."

5. In the poem "Livings," how many days does the narrator spend in the hotel?

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