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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What causes the speaker in "Wade in the Water" painful grief?

2. In "A Man's World," when the world is shown, to what is it compared?

3. What is an issue with the pensions of the black Civil War soldiers?

4. In “Unwritten,” how does the slave feel towards her mistress?

5. The speaker of "Deadly" says that those who are holy imagine a strong beast that attacks and kills what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What memories does reflecting on the "Garden of Eden" bring up?

2. In "The Garden of Eden," what does the narrator remember doing after she finished her shopping?

3. Where is the Garden of Eden located, and what does the narrator enjoy about it?

4. What are two of the circumstances in "Wade in the Water" in which the narrator describes feelings of love?

5. How have those who are attacked in "Declaration" respond? How do the attackers react?

6. What is the understanding of work for the characters in "Realm of Shades"?

7. What is the reason given in "I Will Tell You the Truth About This, I will Tell You All About It" for why the men have difficulty receiving their pensions?

8. How does the poem "The Greatest Personal Privation" begin?

9. What is the difference between the power of a tiger and the power of man, according to the narrator in the poem "Deadly"?

10. What does the poet say about age in "I Will Tell You the Truth About This, I will Tell You All About It"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Many of Smith's poems contain descriptive language. Choose one of her poems that is a good example of this. What is the purpose of this language? How does this language affect the reader? How different would the poem be without this type of language? Why?

Essay Topic 2

Who are the characters found in Tracy's poetry? What do the characters have in common? What is the narrator‘s relationship to the various characters? What might Tracy‘s relationship be with the characters she creates?

Essay Topic 3

In "Eternity, Landscape Painting,” the speaker asks what the soul is allowed to take with it. Why does the speaker ask this? What does she wonder if the soul can take with it? Why might these be important to the poet and significant to this poem? What is the connection between this question and the title of the poem?

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