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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. The character in "Hill Country" leaves the stack of worn planks outside where?

2. As the angels speak, the speaker dares to look at them and sees what?

3. How does the poem "Unwritten" begin?

4. What will the other character do as you discover what each light, line, and shadow is in "A Man's World"?

5. In "Ghazal," to what does the speaker compare to the stealing of someone’s name?

Short Essay Questions

1. After the letters in "I Will Tell You the Truth About This, I will Tell You All About It," what does the poet include?

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

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

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

5. In "Declaration," what have officers been sent to do?

6. Why does God in "Hill Country" roll down the windows of his jeep? What else does he do that is connected to this?

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

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

9. What does the stranger say to the narrator in "Wade in the Water"? How does this affect the narrator?

10. How does the poem "Unwritten" begin?

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

There is a connection between “Beatific” and “Charity.” First, what is the topic of these two poems? Second, how are they similar? Why might the topics of these two poems be important to the poet? As the reader, how are you affected by these poems? Why?

Essay Topic 3

In “Eternity, Lama Temple,” what is the significance of each of the speaker’s observations? How do these observations affect the speaker? Why? What is the relationship between these observations and the title of the poem?

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