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

2. Which historical figure keeps intruding upon the narrator's thoughts?
(a) De Tocqueville.
(b) Sartre.
(c) La Rochefoucauld.
(d) Voltaire.

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

4. In "Autumn Valentine" what experience did the narrator have in May?
(a) A love for nature.
(b) A broken heart.
(c) Death.
(d) A new-found love.

5. After Herbie leaves, how much time passes before Hazel hears any news about him?
(a) Six months.
(b) Two years.
(c) Eleven months.
(d) Seven years.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Mrs. Murdock feel about her dress as she leaves her visit with Miss Noyes and Lily Wynton?

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

3. What sight causes Hazel to lose her high spirits as she is on her way to meet Art?

4. What emotion does the narrator of "Temps Perdu" feel when she sees a laurel tree in May?

5. What kind of horse does the narrator want to get?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Compare the poems "Bric-A-Brac," "Fulfillment," and "Theory." What do these poems have in common?

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

4. Describe Mr. Cruger's attitude toward his daughter in the story "Horsie."

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

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

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

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

9. In "Glory in the Daytime," how does Mrs. Murdock's visit with Lily Wynton change her perspective on her own life?

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

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