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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 "In Your Condition," the speaker drinks bottle after bottle of water but gazed longingly at what?

2. In “Political Poem,” the speaker wonders what would happen if what happened?

3. In “Theatrical Improvisation,” the man steps back and falls down. He then describes what?

4. In “Theatrical Improvisation,” a man pretends to do what?

5. In “Eternity, Landscape Painting," the speaker can almost still remember what, as if this were his or her home?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is “The Everlasting Self” described in the poem?

2. What does the speaker find in "Eternity: Songzhuang Art Village"?

3. How does Dupont end up acquiring J's land in "Watershed"?

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

5. 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?

6. What does the speaker in "Eternity: Landscape Painting" say when he or she views the painting?

7. How does "The United States Welcomes You" end?

8. What does the speaker say about the wall in "Mutianyu, Great Wall"?

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

10. In "Eternity: Lama Temple," what does the speaker notice around him or her?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Part II, Smith uses letters from the 1860s. What is the purpose of these letters? What is the significance of this time period? How are you, as the reader affected by these letters? Are you surprised by these letters? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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?

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