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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,” what does the speaker first describe?
2. In "Ash," the speaker says the house that is made of skin and bones does not believe what?
3. In “Theatrical Improvisation,” a man is leaning on what?
4. In "Beatific," how do the drivers of the cars feel?
5. In “Watershed,” In italics, the speaker who is floating over the city can move and do what?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does the audience begin to sense in "Theatrical Improvisation"?
2. An actor in "Theatrical Improvisation" says that they were given a piece of paper to draw what they experienced. What are a few of their experiences?
3. What does the speaker in "Eternity: Landscape Painting" say about the soul?
4. In "Eternity: Lama Temple," what does the speaker notice around him or her?
5. What does the speaker say about the wall in "Mutianyu, Great Wall"?
6. What does the speaker look for in "Eternity: Nanluoguxiang Alley"? What does she find?
7. To what is the like girl compared in “4 1/2”?
8. To what does the speaker in “Dusk” compare life with her teenage daughter?
9. How is “The Everlasting Self” described in the poem?
10. What does the man in "Theatrical Improvisation" say happens when he sleeps outside a station?
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
Several of Smith's poems are erasure poems. What is an erasure poem? Why might she have chosen to do this? How might this change how the reader views the original document? How might these erasure poems reveal the poet's biases?
Essay Topic 3
Several of the poems were created for a specific group or event. How might this have affected the poet and her choices regarding writing these poems? Can this type of inspiration be a hinderance for the poet? Why or why not? How might the poet benefit from certain restrictions when writing a poem?
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