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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the editor suggest letting people do in "Editorial Notes"?
(a) Eat dinner whenever they want.
(b) Come to their own conclusions.
(c) Buy their own books.
(d) Use the library more.

2. Which people are at the far end of the table right next to the door in "At the Translation Conference"?
(a) The priests.
(b) The wizards.
(c) The modernists.
(d) Those who deal in hazards.

3. What did everything once have, according to the speaker in "Improvisation on a First Line by Yeats"?
(a) A right to live.
(b) A soul.
(c) A window into morality.
(d) A dark side.

4. What did the madman once love in "Walking in the Madman's Wood"?
(a) The woodshed.
(b) The fog.
(c) The peacock.
(d) This wildland.

5. What do the leaves in the garden remind the speaker of in "Tracking the Rain"?
(a) Silk.
(b) Plastic.
(c) Nylon.
(d) Antique taffeta.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the defining foliage of the oil age differ from true foliage in "Plasticene Suite"?

2. What form does poetry "coming to claim you" take in "Zombie"?

3. What do women not say on this side of the table in "At the Translation Conference"?

4. What season is it in "Walking in the Madman's Wood"?

5. In Part I of "The Aliens Arrive," what happens?

Short Essay Questions

1. What can one tell by a wolf's ears in the poem "Short Takes on Wolves"?

2. What does the speaker in the poem "Little Robot" worry the robot might do?

3. What are the advantages of having a spider in the house in the poem "Spider Signatures"?

4. What is the main message in "Heart of the Arctic"?

5. What does the speaker think about the world in the poem "Walking in the Madman's Wood"?

6. What tense does not exist at the conference in the poem "At the Translation Conference" and why?

7. What is the problem with plastics in the poem "Faint Hopes"?

8. What is the "bright side" of the modern era in the poem by the same title?

9. What are some of the speaker's worries in the poem "Oh Children"?

10. What does the siren wonder about in the poem "Siren Brooding on Her Eggs"?

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