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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. Who does Kennedy say faces the greatest challenge in life?
(a) Those who have nobody to let go of.
(b) Those who involuntarily reach solitude.
(c) Those who never let go.
(d) Those who never become independent.

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

3. What does Yeats fear in A Cradle Song?
(a) Losing his child to death.
(b) Losing his wife to his child.
(c) The loss of innocence.
(d) The responsibility of having a child.

4. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Seamus Haney write to in In Memoriam MKH (1911-1984)?

2. Whom does Kennedy talk about in the introduction to the section about beauty?

3. What kind of poet was Yeats?

4. What brought about early bedtime in Grown-up?

5. Who wrote Love?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Patterns about?

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

3. What is Death, Etc. about?

4. What is Magnificat about?

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

6. What message is sent in Grief?

7. What is The Dream That I Told My Mother-in-Law about?

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

9. What is Roses Only about?

10. What is We Know This Much about?

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