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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 does Kennedy describe the relationship women have with beauty?

2. What does Kennedy say defines a mother's character?

3. What game does Sharon Olds play in Socks?

4. Who is Louise Gluck's best friend?

5. Why does William Blake want Hayley to be his enemy?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is When One Has Lived a Long Time Alone about?

2. What is Secret Lives about?

3. What is Patterns about?

4. What is The Rhodora about?

5. What is Death, Etc. about?

6. What is Living about?

7. What is Zazen on Ching-t'ing Mountain about?

8. What is We Know This Much about?

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

10. What is Roses Only about?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Solitude was something that Kennedy found very important in her life. Where did she find it, and how did this solitude affect her writing style?

Essay Topic 2

What role does symbolism play in these poems, and what are some of the major symbols presented?

Essay Topic 3

Religion was a theme that was touched on a number of times in this book. Where did this theme appear, and what are some of the different ways this theme was introduced?

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