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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Finish this line from the poem "No Road": "Since we agreed to let the road between us ___________."
2. In "The Horns of the Morning," what does the poet say the mornings are bright with?
3. In the poem "The Bottle Is Drunk," what is the narrator sick from?
4. In the poem "Arrivals, Departures," what line is in parentheses?
5. In the poem "The Dancer," what elements does the dancer contemplate imitating?
Short Essay Questions
1. How many parts comprise the poem "The North Ship"? Where is the third ship going?
2. In "Portrait," to what do the woman's hands devote themselves? What are her enemies?
3. What is the poem "Tops" about? What is the thing that most appalls?
4. In "Going, Going," what is tougher than humans? How is it tougher than humans?
5. In "A Writer," what gift did the writer possess? How was the narrator different from other people then?
6. In the poem "Skin," what does the narrator call his skin? What is the poem about?
7. What is the subject of poem "Next, Please"? What does the ship in the poem represent?
8. In the poem "Self's the Man," who does the narrator compare himself to? What conclusion does he come to?
9. What is the setting of the poem "Reasons for Attendance"? Where is the narrator? Why?
10. In the poem "A Study of Reading Habits," what does the narrator say reading helped him do? How does the poem end?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
A common topic in Larkin's collection "The Whitsun Weddings" is heartbreak. Write an essay on the theme of heartbreak in this collection, using at least two examples in your argument.
Essay Topic 2
Like dance, song plays a key role in many of Larkin's poems. Write an essay on Larkin's use of song in the collection "The Whitsun Weddings."
Essay Topic 3
A unique theme in Larkin's collection "The Less Deceived" is photography. Using a minimum of two poems, write an essay on the theme of photography in this collection.
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