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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 degrades one in As Much As You Can?

2. How does Kennedy describe having children?

3. What brought about early bedtime in Grown-up?

4. What choices does Kennedy say are the most important?

5. To what is the person in Sense of Something Coming compared?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Summer at the Beach about?

2. What is if there are any heavens my mother will(all by herself)have about?

3. What is Magnificat about?

4. What is We Know This Much about?

5. What is The Poems of Our Climate about?

6. What is The Great Lover about?

7. What message is sent in Grief?

8. What is Roses Only about?

9. What is Patterns about?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How were the themes of life and death shown together? Why do you think the editor chose to present these themes in tangent with each other?

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

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?

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