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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. According to "Rhyme Against the Living," who is lucky?
(a) The dead.
(b) Young lovers.
(c) Widows.
(d) The living.

2. To what story does "The Maid-Servant at the Inn" allude?
(a) Romeo and Juliet.
(b) The birth of Jesus.
(c) The Odyssey.
(d) Pilgrim's Progress.

3. Why does the narrator in "Thought for a Sunshiny Morning" not mind stepping on a worm?
(a) The worm's body will feed the earth.
(b) She sees no purpose in their existence.
(c) She knows that worms will devour her when she is dead.
(d) Thousands more live beneath the earth.

4. How do Ed and Hazel's other friends respond when Hazel is feeling sad?
(a) They suggest that she should she a therapist.
(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 tell her to cheer up and stop being a spoil sport.

5. For what is the narrator of "Sonnet For the End of a Sequence" grateful?
(a) That her lover has remained true.
(b) That she can rely on her friendships.
(c) That her poems will last beyond her own death.
(d) That her lover has gone and she has found herself again.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator of "Cherry White" think of whenever she sees a cherry bough or a flowering tree?

2. In the story "New York to Detroit," Why does Jack suggest that Jean write him a letter?

3. Hazel Morse prides herself most on what characteristic?

4. What is the one "edged" thing in the poem "Midnight"?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is the complaint that is raised in the poem "Penelope"?

4. Compare the poems "Surprise," "On Being A Woman," and "Second Love." What do they have in common?

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

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

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

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