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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. In the poem "Winter," which of these elements is NOT mentioned?
2. What question does the narrator ask in "This Was Your Place of Birth"?
3. In the poem "Heaviest of Flowers," to what does the narrator compare memories?
4. In the poem "This Is the First Thing," what sound does the narrator say time is?
5. In the poem "The Bottle Is Drunk," what is the narrator sick from?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the narrator talking to in the poem "I Put My Mouth"? What is the poem about?
2. In the poem "Coming," what is coming? How does the narrator feel about this?
3. What is the poem "Wires" about? What kind of animal is mentioned in the poem?
4. In "Portrait," to what do the woman's hands devote themselves? What are her enemies?
5. To whom is the poem "Conscript" dedicated? What does the subject of the poem have to defend?
6. Who is the subject of the poem "Like the Train's Beat"? How does the narrator describe this person?
7. What is the subject of the poem "Wants"? What does the narrator desire at the end?
8. In "Pigeons," what are the pigeons backing against? What are they doing at the end of the poem?
9. In "The Building," what kind of building is the narrator describing? What kind of building does he compare it to?
10. In "Posterity," who is Jake Balokowsky? What did he want to do with his life that he seemingly will no longer be able to?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
In the collection "The Whitsun Weddings," Larkin uses the theme of city vs. country often. Write an essay explaining this theme in the collection, making sure to use at least three of the poems in your argument.
Essay Topic 3
"The Whitsun Weddings" is both the title of a poem and a collection. Write an essay on the importance of the poem in the collection of the same name, using at least two other poems from the collection in your argument.
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