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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is it surprising that the poet wrote Song?
(a) Most of their poems are couplets.
(b) Most of their poems are very long.
(c) Most of their poems are in German.
(d) Most of their poems are dark.

2. What animal is described in The Female of The Species?
(a) Cats.
(b) Wolves.
(c) Cobras.
(d) Bears.

3. In A Type of Loss, what does the woman lose when she breaks up?
(a) Her future.
(b) Her confines.
(c) Her whole world.
(d) Her freedom.

4. What kind of poet is Gregory Corso?
(a) A Beat Generation Poet.
(b) A New World Poet.
(c) A Romantic Poet.
(d) A Revolutionary Poet.

5. What does the man in To His Mistress Going to Bed say a woman needs to cover her at night?
(a) A man.
(b) Passion.
(c) Hair.
(d) A sheet.

6. Who wrote May I Feel Said He?
(a) William Yeates.
(b) E.E. Cummings.
(c) Shakespeare.
(d) Christopher Marlowe.

7. What is Hero and Leander?
(a) A play.
(b) A sonnet.
(c) A song.
(d) An Anthem.

8. What does Dorothy Parker warn women of vowing?
(a) Endless Passion.
(b) Attraction at all ages.
(c) Eternal Love.
(d) Fidelity.

9. What does Christina Rossetti compare her heart to?
(a) A bird.
(b) A deer.
(c) A cat.
(d) A dog.

10. Caroline says falling in love is ______________.
(a) A series of moments.
(b) Fulfilling destiny.
(c) Letting go to insanity.
(d) A bunch of mistakes.

11. What did Roger want most when he was with Monika?
(a) To hit her.
(b) To make love.
(c) To get away.
(d) To make her his.

12. What does Caroline say becomes extraordinary in love?
(a) The ordinary.
(b) Feelings.
(c) People.
(d) Nothing.

13. When was Roger McGough with Monika?
(a) The summer.
(b) The spring.
(c) The fall.
(d) The winter.

14. What advice does Nash give in A Word to Husbands?
(a) To admit when they are wrong.
(b) To thank the wife for everything.
(c) To sleep well.
(d) To never cheat.

15. Kennedy says marriage is the foundation of ___________.
(a) Government.
(b) Families.
(c) Society.
(d) Peace.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is I'm Going to Georgia?

2. How does E.E. Cummings describe love?

3. What does Caroline explain in each section?

4. What is the tone of Lilacs?

5. What is wrong with the husband in I'm Going to Georgia?

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