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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long is Emily Dickinson's poem about breaking up?
(a) 10 words.
(b) 3 stanzas.
(c) 1 page.
(d) 2 stanzas.

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

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

4. To what does the person in Song compare love?
(a) A pear.
(b) An apple.
(c) A cherry.
(d) A fig.

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

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

7. Who wrote To His Mistress Going to Bed?
(a) William Yeates.
(b) Andrew Marvell.
(c) Wallace Stevens.
(d) John Donne.

8. What does the Lover in Song of Solomon feed upon?
(a) Sex.
(b) Loneliness.
(c) Lilies.
(d) Love.

9. What is steady throughout The Passionate Shepherd to His Love?
(a) The rhyming scheme.
(b) All of these.
(c) The intent.
(d) The beat.

10. Who introduces each section?
(a) The poet.
(b) The editor.
(c) The historian.
(d) The cupid.

11. What is Emily Dickinson's tone in her poem about breaking up?
(a) Upset.
(b) Ambivalent.
(c) Happy.
(d) Relieved.

12. How does the man in When He Pressed His Lips feel after his affair?
(a) Fuzzy.
(b) Bitter.
(c) Amazing.
(d) Empowered.

13. What was a joy to the mother in Night Waitress?
(a) Being flirted with.
(b) Getting home to a sleeping house.
(c) Putting out bright underwear to dry.
(d) Knowing her children would do more than her.

14. Who wrote Jamesian?
(a) Robert Browning.
(b) Leo Marks.
(c) Vikram Seth.
(d) Thom Gun.

15. What do female poets often support?
(a) Fundraisers.
(b) Charities.
(c) Social causes.
(d) Small families.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Jamesian, what could the couple communicate?

2. What does Caroline say becomes extraordinary in love?

3. What does Caroline explain in each section?

4. What is the woman in At the Café trying to do?

5. What kind of mill does the woman in I Want You Woman Up North to Know work at?

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