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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 happens to the fruit in June Light?

2. Who wrote To His Mistress Going to Bed?

3. What is I'm Going to Georgia?

4. Who wrote The Passionate Shepherd to His Love?

5. Who wrote June Light?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is Having a Coke With You about?

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

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

6. What is To Speak of Woe That Is In Marriage about?

7. What is Letter from My Wife about?

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

9. What does Proverbs 31:10-31 say?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Nature and its power is a huge theme in this book. What are some of the main examples of this theme and how does this affect the tone of the poems?

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

Why does Kennedy have such a strong connection to poetry, and how does this change the selection her poems in this collection?

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