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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is the hole cut in "Not one Corner...?"
(a) Heaven.
(b) The battlefield.
(c) Europe.
(d) The speaker's heart.

2. Who is the speaker confident he will meet in "The Promisers?"
(a) A child.
(b) A man.
(c) A woman.
(d) His maker.

3. What is being described in "Has Your Soul Sipped?"
(a) The smile of a lover.
(b) The smile of a soldier whose life has been saved.
(c) The smile of family welcoming a soldier home.
(d) The smile of a dying soldier.

4. "Bold Horatius" is about ____________.
(a) A dog.
(b) A schoolgirl.
(c) A spy.
(d) A soldier.

5. "Antaeus: A Fragment" describes a fight between ______ and Antaeus.
(a) God.
(b) Gabriel.
(c) Heracles.
(d) Samson.

6. Where does the speaker kiss the sleeping woman in "The Sleeping Beauty?"
(a) On the lips.
(b) On her eyelids.
(c) On the cheek.
(d) On her nose.

7. "Winter Song" describes what kind of transition?
(a) Artistic.
(b) Seasonal.
(c) Musical.
(d) Literary.

8. At what time of day does "The Unreturning" take place?
(a) Sometime in the afternoon.
(b) At midnight.
(c) As night falls.
(d) At dawn.

9. Where does the speaker search for a man in "Elegy in April and September?"
(a) A trench.
(b) A forest.
(c) A battlefield.
(d) A hospital.

10. What natural event does the speaker use as a comparison for the start of World War I in "1914?"
(a) A tornado.
(b) An erupting volcano.
(c) An earthquake.
(d) A monsoon.

11. What will make men better, according to "As Bronze may be much Beautiful?"
(a) Freedom.
(b) Peace.
(c) War.
(d) Love.

12. What does the speaker sacrifice in "To Eros?"
(a) His loyalty.
(b) His life.
(c) Everything.
(d) His family.

13. Which of the following is NOT used in "Spells and Incantation?"
(a) Rubies.
(b) Pearls.
(c) Emeralds.
(d) Diamonds.

14. What does the speaker compare people to in "O World of many Worlds?"
(a) Universes.
(b) Gravity.
(c) Stars.
(d) Planets.

15. Whom does the speaker want to stay with in "My Shy Hand?"
(a) His lover.
(b) His mother.
(c) His dog.
(d) His comrades.

Short Answer Questions

1. The speaker wants ______________ to honor him in "To My Friend: (With an Identity Disk)."

2. What emotion is associated with purple in the poem "Purple?"

3. What color are the woman's eyes in "The Imbecile?"

4. What sound replaces the bugles in "Bugles Sang?"

5. What does the speaker find in every sound in "All Sounds have been as Music?"

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