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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the one "edged" thing in the poem "Midnight"?
(a) The narrator's heart.
(b) The rustling leaves.
(c) The blades of grass.
(d) The cresent moon.

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

3. According to the narrator, what does Edith look like?
(a) Something that should be kept in a cage.
(b) Something that should be pulling a cart.
(c) Something that would eat her young.
(d) Something that crawled out of the alley.

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

5. According to "Ballade of Unfortunate Mammals," how are women and elephants alike?
(a) They always agree.
(b) They never forget.
(c) They are trusting.
(d) They are faithful.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why hasn't Garry sent flowers to Mona?

2. According to the poem " Two-Volume Novel," what has stopped the sun and moon from shining?

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

4. What phrase does the narrator of "Coda" use to describe love?

5. What does Mona say is wrong with her?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the resolution of "Big Blonde" illustrate that Hazel's troubles are recurrent cycle?

2. Explain the allusions in the poem "Prayer for a New Mother."

3. Compare the poems "Ultimatum" and "Requiescat." How are they similar?

4. How does Hazel Morse lose her own identity in her efforts to please others in the short story "Big Blonde"?

5. What explains Miss Wilmarth's "curious expression" in the short story "Horsie"?

6. In the poem "The Last Question," what is the purpose of the italicized lines?

7. What is the cause of Mr. and Mrs. Weldon's divorce in the short story "Too Bad"?

8. What kind of advice do the poems "Prologue to a Saga" and "The Lady's Reward" give to women?

9. In the story, "Lady With a Lamp," what is Mona's illness?

10. What is the lesson behind the poem "Parable for a Certain Virgin"?

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