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

2. What does the poem "Superfluous Advice" suggest about gossip?
(a) One should encourage gossip as long as it is untrue,
(b) Gossip is good as long as it is about other people.
(c) Gossip is harmful and should be avoided.
(d) Gossip should always be whispered, never spoken aloud.

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

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

5. Why hasn't Garry sent flowers to Mona?
(a) He does not even know that she is sick.
(b) He knows that Mona does not like flowers.
(c) He is angry with Mona.
(d) Mona keeps sending the flowers back.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the message behind the poem "Fable"?

2. Who is Garry McVicker?

3. How do Ed and Hazel's other friends respond when Hazel is feeling sad?

4. According to the poem "Victoria," where is Albert's spirit never seen walking?

5. What does Hazel do with Mrs. Martin?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain the allusions in the poem "Guinevere At Her Fireside."

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

3. In "Soldiers of the Republic," what does the narrator learn about the life of a soldier?

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

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

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

7. What story is told through the poem "There Was One"?

8. In "Mrs. Hofstadter on Josephine Street," how is Horace the exact opposite of what the narrator and her husband are looking for?

9. Compare the poems "Star Light, Star Bright--" and "Purposely Ungrammatical Love Song." How are they similar?

10. Explain the irony in "Ninon de Lenclos, On Her Last Birthday."

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