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

2. When does Christina Rossetti feel the most love?

3. How does the man in When He Pressed His Lips feel after his affair?

4. What fruit is mentioned in June Light?

5. How does E.E. Cummings describe love?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Code Poem for the French Resistance about?

2. What is It Is Marvelous... about?

3. What is The End about?

4. What is The Smaller Orchid about?

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

6. What is Lilacs about?

7. What is After Making Love We Hear Footstep about?

8. What is What Lips My Lips Have Kissed, and Where and Why about?

9. What is Little Clown, My Heart about?

10. What is When You Have Forgotten Sunday: the Love Story about?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are some of the different ideas presented in this book about mother and child relationships?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

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?

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