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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. When the speaker of "The Angels" reflects on what it must be like to be an angel, about what does she think?
2. What does the speaker in "The Angels" hope some angels are?
3. What does the character in "Hill Country" stave off in regard to the injured animal?
4. In “I Will Tell You the Truth About This, I Will Tell You All About It,” why does a wife ask her husband to send for her?
5. As the speaker in "The Angels" slept, she feels what sense?
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. What does the poet say about age in "I Will Tell You the Truth About This, I will Tell You All About It"?
3. How are the characters described as speaking to each other in "Driving to Ottawa"? To what is this compared?
4. What are two of the circumstances in "Wade in the Water" in which the narrator describes feelings of love?
5. From where does the character in "Hill Country" come?
6. How does "I Will Tell You the Truth About This, I will Tell You All About It" begin?
7. What does the narrator in "A Man's World" say will happen to someone who is shown the whole world?
8. What does the narrator notice about one of the angels? How does this bring her a sense of hope?
9. In "The Garden of Eden," what does the narrator remember doing after she finished her shopping?
10. How does the poem "Unwritten" begin?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What is the overall writing style of the poet? Why might she choose to write her poems this way? How does this writing style affect the reader and the flow of the poems? What other ways does her writing style affect the reader?
Essay Topic 2
Smith frequently uses repetition in her poetry. Give two examples of this. What is the purpose of this repetition? Is it effective? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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