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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. How does the narrator feel at the end of "Cake"?

2. Where does the poet glimpse men in "A Hemisphere in Her Hair"?

3. What does the hair feel like in "A Hemisphere in Her Hair"?

4. In "The Old Woman's Despair", why does the woman visit the baby?

5. What do the men say to the narrator when he asks them questions in "To Each His Chimera"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What makes the narrator change his mind about the setting in "Cake"?

2. In "A Joker", what does the narrator think about while watching the man and the donkey?

3. How does the narrator of "The Old Mountebank" feel about the mountebank?

4. In "The Artist's Confiteor", why is the artist upset?

5. In "To Each His Chimera", what do the chimeras make the narrator realize?

6. In "The Widows", what does the narrator see when he follows the woman?

7. Why does "The Foreigner" end with a comment about clouds?

8. Why does the narrator threaten to throw the woman out in "The Wild Woman and the Little Mistress"?

9. Why does the narrator of "Invitation to the Voyage" want to travel?

10. Why does the fairy become upset with the tradesman in "The Fairies' Gift"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze the poet's use of the prose format. Is this effective? Why?

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast two poems. Consider their themes, style, and tone.

Essay Topic 3

Examine the references to religion in these poems. What role does religion play in deciding what is good or evil? What else helps to control morality other than religion?

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