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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why can't the woman in The Widow's Lament in Springtime feel happy in the spring?
(a) She misses her husband.
(b) She is too busy.
(c) She has put away happiness.
(d) She is dying.

2. What is the main concern for the couple in Death, Etc.?
(a) Which of them will die first.
(b) Their dying son.
(c) What to do with the man they killed.
(d) How to arrange their will.

3. Who asked the question, What do Women Want?
(a) Kennedy.
(b) God.
(c) Shakespeare.
(d) Freud.

4. When does Emily Dickinson say the most solemn industry happens?
(a) The death bed.
(b) The hour of deliverance.
(c) The morning after death.
(d) The cimax of sickness.

5. To what is the person in Sense of Something Coming compared?
(a) A flag.
(b) A light.
(c) A dress.
(d) A car.

6. What does Jo McDougall invite into her home after a short reprieve?
(a) Grief.
(b) Laughter.
(c) Love.
(d) Memory.

7. Whom does Seamus Haney write to in In Memoriam MKH (1911-1984)?
(a) His mother.
(b) His wife.
(c) His sister.
(d) His grandmother.

8. How does Christina Rossetti want to be remembered?
(a) With a smile.
(b) With fondness.
(c) With mercy.
(d) With accuracy.

9. What helped Kennedy deal with the losses in her life?
(a) Friends.
(b) Nature.
(c) Poetry.
(d) Religion.

10. In A Poem of Friendship, what do friends not need in order to love each other?
(a) Forgiveness.
(b) History.
(c) Time.
(d) Sex.

11. What does Kennedy say about her own experience as a mother?
(a) It was something she never saw for herself.
(b) It was the most rewarding path she could have taken.
(c) It is the best thing that ever happened to her.
(d) It was not at all what she imagined.

12. What choices does Kennedy say are the most important?
(a) The firm choices.
(b) The first choices.
(c) The transition choices.
(d) The religious choices.

13. What is discussed about death in Never More Will the Wind?
(a) The finality of death.
(b) The power of death.
(c) The eventuality of death.
(d) The fear of death.

14. What does Kim Addonizio say women want?
(a) To walk in beauty.
(b) Sex.
(c) A red dress.
(d) Respect.

15. To what does Linda Pastan compare babies?
(a) Birds.
(b) Dreams.
(c) Beets.
(d) Trees.

Short Answer Questions

1. What helped Kennedy's mother deal with the losses in her life?

2. Kennedy says parents become dependent on ____________.

3. What is traded for knowledge in You Begin?

4. Why does William Blake want Hayley to be his enemy?

5. What does Kennedy say defines a mother's character?

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