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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. In “Watershed,” in italics, he, assumed to be God, is telling the person in space what?

2. In “Watershed,” what causes multiple deformities in animals and humans?

3. “New Road Station” begins by talking about what?

4. In “Theatrical Improvisation,” a man is leaning on what?

5. In “Theatrical Improvisation,” In the back of the house, one person begins to do what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What takes place in “Urban Youth”?

2. What does the speaker in "Eternity: Landscape Painting" say about the soul?

3. How does the speaker describe a woman in “Charity”?

4. To what is the like girl compared in “4 1/2”?

5. What is said about the house in “Ash”?

6. What is described in "Unrest in Baton Rouge"?

7. What are two of the questions asked in "The United States Welcomes You"?

8. What are two things the speaker imagines in “Refuge”?

9. How does the speaker in "Watershed" feel, as he has the sense of being pulled up?

10. What does the speaker look for in "Eternity: Nanluoguxiang Alley"? What does she find?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Several of Smith's poems talk about the work of humans. Choose one of these poems. How does she describe the work of mankind or a certain society in this poem? What might Smith think about work, based on her poems? Do you agree with her? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

"The United States Welcomes You" is filled with questions. What are a few of these questions? What are two other poems by Smith that include questions? What is the purpose of these questions? Do you find these questions engaging? Why or why not?

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