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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. To what does Linda Pastan compare babies?
(a) Birds.
(b) Beets.
(c) Dreams.
(d) Trees.
2. Who wrote High School Senior?
(a) Sylvia Plath.
(b) Mary Morrison.
(c) Linda Pastan.
(d) Sharon Olds.
3. What happens to George Santayana after the death of his wife?
(a) He finds God.
(b) His age accelerates.
(c) He comes closer to his children.
(d) He sees doors opening.
4. What is Rita Dove ready to fall in love with?
(a) A lonely woman.
(b) A piece of chocolate.
(c) A man.
(d) A dog.
5. What does Sylvia Plath lose in Face Lift?
(a) Her age.
(b) Her confidence.
(c) Her wisdom.
(d) Her identity.
6. What is traded for knowledge in You Begin?
(a) Time.
(b) Innocence.
(c) Sanity.
(d) Love.
7. What does Kim Addonizio say women want?
(a) A red dress.
(b) To walk in beauty.
(c) Sex.
(d) Respect.
8. Who is Louise Gluck's best friend?
(a) Her sister.
(b) Her lover.
(c) Her cousin.
(d) Her mother.
9. Who wrote The Summer Day?
(a) Julia Avarez.
(b) Edna St. Vincent Millay.
(c) Mary Oliver.
(d) Sylvia Plath.
10. What helped Kennedy's mother deal with the losses in her life?
(a) Religion.
(b) Friends.
(c) Poetry.
(d) Nature.
11. What is the first step toward adulthood in You Begin?
(a) Telling a lie.
(b) Potty training.
(c) Breaking rules.
(d) Writing letters.
12. How does Kennedy describe the relationship women have with beauty?
(a) Prosaic.
(b) Frustrating.
(c) Complicated.
(d) Natural.
13. Why does William Blake want Hayley to be his enemy?
(a) To add drama to life.
(b) For good writing material.
(c) For friendship's sake.
(d) To solve a mystery.
14. What happens in each stanza of Nobody Knows But Mother?
(a) A question is asked.
(b) A tribute is made.
(c) A person dies.
(d) A task is described.
15. How does Christina Rossetti want to be remembered?
(a) With mercy.
(b) With a smile.
(c) With fondness.
(d) With accuracy.
Short Answer Questions
1. When does Emily Dickinson say the most solemn industry happens?
2. What does Nikki Giovanni say is the most important part of friendship?
3. What helped Kennedy deal with the losses in her life?
4. How does Kennedy describe the person she talks about in the introduction to beauty?
5. What choices does Kennedy say are the most important?
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