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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Kennedy say defines a mother's character?
(a) How she responds to solitude.
(b) How her spouse treats her.
(c) How religious she is.
(d) How her children turn out.

2. Who wrote High School Senior?
(a) Sharon Olds.
(b) Sylvia Plath.
(c) Mary Morrison.
(d) Linda Pastan.

3. On whom does Kennedy say her grandmother focused her attention?
(a) Her pets.
(b) Her grandchildren.
(c) Her children.
(d) Her students.

4. Who wrote We Know This Much?
(a) Sylvia PLath.
(b) Emily Dickinson.
(c) Caroline Kennedy.
(d) Sappho.

5. What is the friend's name in Letter to N.Y?
(a) Louise.
(b) Lily.
(c) Laura.
(d) Lana.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of poet was Yeats?

2. To what does Linda Pastan compare babies?

3. How does Kennedy describe having children?

4. What does Kennedy say nobody wants to be?

5. What choices does Kennedy say are the most important?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is "to my last period" about?

2. What is We Know This Much about?

3. What is if there are any heavens my mother will(all by herself)have about?

4. What is The Widow's Lament in Springtime about?

5. What is The Rhodora about?

6. What is Magnificat about?

7. What is Summer at the Beach about?

8. What is The Book of Ruth, 1:16-17 about?

9. What is Living about?

10. What is Death, Etc. about?

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