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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the narrator meet the fighters in "Soldiers of the Republic"?
(a) In a bar in Sweden.
(b) In a deli in Vienna.
(c) In a cafe in Paris.
(d) In a cafe in Valencia.

2. What sight causes Hazel to lose her high spirits as she is on her way to meet Art?
(a) A ragged cart horse being beaten by its driver.
(b) An emaciated child begging on the street corner.
(c) A drunken old man stumbling along the street.
(d) A mangy dog shivering behind a pile of trash.

3. What does the narrator wish for the girl in the poem "Story"?
(a) That her lover will be faithful.
(b) That she will find true love.
(c) That her mother will wash her mouth out with soap.
(d) That she will be the first to leave her relationship.

4. What three poets are the subject of "A Pig's-Eye View of Literature"?
(a) John Keats, Percy Shelley, and Lord Byron.
(b) William Wordsworth, William Blake, and John Keats.
(c) John Keats, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and Lord Byron.
(d) Dylan Thomas, T.S. Eliot, and Walt Whitman.

5. How do Ed and Hazel's other friends respond when Hazel is feeling sad?
(a) They listen to her troubles and lend her emotional support.
(b) They suggest that she should she a therapist.
(c) They tell her to cheer up and stop being a spoil sport.
(d) They never know when she is sad because she hides her emotions.

6. In the story "New York to Detroit," Why does Jack suggest that Jean write him a letter?
(a) The telephone connection is so bad that he cannot hear her.
(b) She always expresses herself so much better in writing.
(c) He does not like to talk on the telephone.
(d) He likes to see her handwriting on paper.

7. Throughout their marriage, how many evenings have the Weldons experienced that are similar to the one described in "Too Bad"?
(a) Over fifteen thousand.
(b) About six thousand.
(c) Almost ten thousand.
(d) More than two thousand.

8. What does the narrator of "Requiescat" pray "will not rise again"?
(a) The daisies.
(b) The moon.
(c) The sun.
(d) Her love.

9. What does Hazel do with Mrs. Martin?
(a) They gossip about their neighbors.
(b) They drink and play cards.
(c) They complain about their husbands.
(d) They go shopping together.

10. What does Mona say is wrong with her?
(a) She has ptomaine poisoning.
(b) She has a broken heart.
(c) It is just her nerves.
(d) She has influenza.

11. What is the narrator's dilemma in the poem "Dilemma"?
(a) She loves two men but cannot choose between them.
(b) Her lover would be scared away whether she were meek or strong.
(c) She cannot choose between comfort and true love.
(d) Her lover wants her to change, but she needs to be true to herself.

12. According to the poem "Victoria," where is Albert's spirit never seen walking?
(a) Virginia.
(b) Scotland.
(c) Scarsdale.
(d) Eaton.

13. What secret does the narrator in "Second Love" keep from her lover?
(a) She is pregnant with his child.
(b) She plans to leave him soon.
(c) He is not her first lover.
(d) She thinks of another man whenever they kiss.

14. Hazel Morse prides herself most on what characteristic?
(a) Her deep blue eyes.
(b) Her large bust.
(c) Her tiny waist.
(d) Her small feet.

15. What has become a "bitterness" for the narrator if "Iseult of Brittany"?
(a) Her deep pride.
(b) Her lost love.
(c) Her frail cup.
(d) Her lovely hands.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the girl in "The Last Tea" think about girls who drink alcohol.

2. What does Hazel ask Nettie to do for her after her suicide attempt?

3. According to "From a Letter From Lesbia," why should you not take a poet as a lover?

4. According to the narrator, what does Edith look like?

5. What animal is described in the poem "Parable for a Certain Virgin"?

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