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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the poet first recognize in "In the Waiting Room"?
(a) That she is a strong reader.
(b) That she is afraid of dentists.
(c) That she will someday have a mature female body.
(d) That she wants to travel.

2. What two things does the poem "Pleasure Seas" compare?
(a) The ocean and a river.
(b) The ocean and a swimming pool.
(c) The ocean and a bathtub.
(d) The ocean and a brook.

3. In "Lines Written in the Fannie Farmer Cookbook," what is the poet's attitude toward Fannie Farmer?
(a) She finds her recipes unhealthy.
(b) She finds her recipes bland.
(c) She sees her as old-fashioned.
(d) She celebrates her.

4. Why does the toad in "Giant Toad" pity himself?
(a) He is large and ugly.
(b) He is large and helpless.
(c) He is large and lame.
(d) He is large and alone.

5. What are on the porch in "Sunday at Key West"?
(a) Bicycles.
(b) Rocking chairs.
(c) Beach chairs.
(d) Plants.

6. Who is the angel in "Patience of an Angel"?
(a) A child.
(b) Lucifer.
(c) Cupid.
(d) Gabriel.

7. What can be deduced from the picture in "Family Portrait"?
(a) Only how the furniture was arranged.
(b) Each person's true character.
(c) How the people felt about each other.
(d) How the people felt about the furniture.

8. In "The Moose," why are the people's reactions to the moose surprising?
(a) They are overly frantic.
(b) They act like they have never seen a moose.
(c) They have never heard of a moose.
(d) They are overly calm.

9. In "Lullaby for the Cat," what does the cat not want to do?
(a) Sleep.
(b) Go outside.
(c) Eat.
(d) Wake up.

10. For what does the poet express a need in "Sonnet"?
(a) Light.
(b) Music.
(c) Water.
(d) Darkness.

11. In "Banks," to what does the poet compare his complaining?
(a) A violin.
(b) A drum.
(c) A flute.
(d) A bassoon.

12. What is the subject of many of the poems in Translations?
(a) Nature.
(b) Language.
(c) Death.
(d) Cities.

13. Who is the title character in "For C.W.B."
(a) Unidentified.
(b) Charles Watson Barrett.
(c) Clayton Wadsworth Barrett.
(d) Catherine Wentworth Barrett.

14. Where was the poet Max Jacob from?
(a) New York.
(b) France.
(c) Italy.
(d) Brazil.

15. To what does the poet liken the ocean in "Pleasure Seas"?
(a) A ballroom.
(b) A fiesta.
(c) A wedding.
(d) A garden.

Short Answer Questions

1. What Bible story is alluded to in "Santarem?"

2. Where did the poem "Sunday at Key West" originally appear?

3. What are the Brothers of the Souls carrying in "From 'The Life and Death of a Severino""?

4. What does "The Wit" describe?

5. How old is the poet in "In the Waiting Room"?

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