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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 "Love, We Must Part Now," what does the narrator say is always in a parting relationship?

2. In the poem "Poetry of Departure," what does the narrator say he gets sick of?

3. In "Dawn," what does the poet say is strange?

4. What pleases the narrator in the poem "Church Going"?

5. In the poem "Winter," which of these elements is NOT mentioned?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the poem "Wires" about? What kind of animal is mentioned in the poem?

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

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

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

5. In "Friday Night at the Royal Station Hotel," to what does the narrator compare the hotel? What kind of letters do the people write?

6. In the poem "An Arundel Tomb," who are the subjects of the poem? What are they doing?

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

8. In the poem "A Study of Reading Habits," what does the narrator say reading helped him do? How does the poem end?

9. What is the subject of poem "Next, Please"? What does the ship in the poem represent?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Ships are a common element that Larkin uses in his poetry. Write an essay on the symbolism of the ship in Larkin's collection "The Less Deceived."

Essay Topic 2

Larkin uses flowers often in his poetry. Write an essay explaining two different ways that Larkin uses flowers in his poems. Make sure you use strong examples in your arguments.

Essay Topic 3

In the collection "High Windows," Larkin uses light in many of his poems to create imagery and metaphor. Using at least three examples, write an essay showing Larkin's use of light.

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