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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is this book separated?

2. What is steady throughout The Passionate Shepherd to His Love?

3. What is the awkward encounter described by Gregory Corso in Marriage?

4. What is the tone of Lilacs?

5. What does Christina Rossetti compare her heart to?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is The Smaller Orchid about?

2. What is Come to the Orchard in Spring?

3. What is The Age of Great Vocations about?

4. What does "You must know that I do not love and that I love you" relate?

5. What is Youth about?

6. What is Symptom Recital about?

7. What is When We Two Parted about?

8. What is Having a Coke With You about?

9. Why does Adam say he ate the apple in Paradise Lost?

10. What is To Paula in Late Spring about?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are some of the analogies shared in these poems, and what are their deeper meanings?

Essay Topic 2

Laughter and happiness are common themes found in this book. Where do these come into play, and how are the poems with those themes different from the others in this book?

Essay Topic 3

How does Kennedy deal with the grief in her life, and how has this changed her taste in literature?

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