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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. What is the subject of the poem "Places, Loved Ones"?

2. Finish this line from the poem "No Road": "Since we agreed to let the road between us ___________."

3. How many ships does the narrator see in "The North Ship"?

4. In the poem "Ugly Sister," how many steps are there to her room?

5. In "The Moon Is Full Tonight," what is gone from earth?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where is the narrator in the poem "Night Music"? What does the poem celebrate?

2. In "Femmes Damnes," what is the photograph of? What is the only sound heard?

3. In "Livings," where is the narrator? Why does he go there?

4. In the poem "Skin," what does the narrator call his skin? What is the poem about?

5. Where is the narrator in the poem "Spring"? How does the narrator characterize Spring?

6. In the poem "Toads Revisited," where is the narrator? What does he contemplate?

7. How many parts comprise the poem "The North Ship"? Where is the third ship going?

8. In "The Dedicated," why are the walks smoothed out? Where do the feet of the doves perch?

9. Where is the narrator in the poem "Climbing the Hill"? What is the tone of the poem?

10. In the poem "Faith Healing," what are the women doing? How are they trying to do this?

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

In the collection "The Less Deceived," time is a common theme. Write an essay on the theme of time in this collection, using at least three examples.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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