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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 "Wants," what does the narrator want more than anything?
2. What animal is mentioned in the poem "Age"?
3. Which of these phrases is italicized in the poem "Places, Loved Ones"?
4. In the poem "Morning Has Spread Again," how many times has the narrator and his subject met?
5. How many parts compose "The North Ship"?
Short Essay Questions
1. In the poem "Toads Revisited," where is the narrator? What does he contemplate?
2. In "The Dedicated," why are the walks smoothed out? Where do the feet of the doves perch?
3. Why does the narrator say that home is sad in the poem "Home is so Sad"? Name at least two household objects the narrator talks about in the poem.
4. In the poem "A Study of Reading Habits," what does the narrator say reading helped him do? How does the poem end?
5. What is the poem "Wires" about? What kind of animal is mentioned in the poem?
6. In "Homage to a Government," why are the soldiers coming home? What does the narrator say they can hope to leave them?
7. In the poem "Ugly Sister," why does the girl go to her room? Where does she find solace?
8. In the poem "An Arundel Tomb," who are the subjects of the poem? What are they doing?
9. What is the subject of the poem "This Is the First Thing"? To what does the narrator compare it?
10. In the poem "To Write One Song," what does the narrator want to do? Where does he have to go in order to do this?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
"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.
Essay Topic 2
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 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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