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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 kind of mill does the woman in I Want You Woman Up North to Know work at?

2. What advice does Nash give in A Word to Husbands?

3. How long is Weaponed Woman?

4. What does Christina Rossetti compare her heart to?

5. In what style are the section introductions written?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is Defining Worlds about?

3. What is When We Two Parted about?

4. What is Having a Coke With You about?

5. What is To Paula in Late Spring about?

6. What is Youth about?

7. What is My Last Duchess about?

8. What is Letter from My Wife about?

9. What is At the Café about?

10. What is Well I Have Lost You about?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are the different ideas about making love stated in the poems in this book?

Essay Topic 2

Friendship is a strong theme throughout the book. Where are some places that this theme appears, and how do these moments affect the tone of those poems?

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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