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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. Who wrote "Waking Up in the Morning"?

2. Who wrote "The Memory Prayer"?

3. Who wrote "Year's End"?

4. In "Raised Violence," the author is glad when who calls?

5. Who is the author of "Tough Ride"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What things does the author describe seeing in "My Valhalla"?

2. Who is described in the airport in "Going Home"?

3. What does the performer do after leaving the stage in "The Mentalist Leaves the Stage"?

4. What is the household like in the poem "That Kind of Marriage"?

5. What is the glove compared to in "The Lost Glove Is Happy"?

6. What leads up to the house in "Dream House"? What does the author wonder?

7. "She had thought" describes what thoughts of the author's?

8. What natural events are described in "Lament"?

9. What does the author consider about his ancestor in "Letter to an Ancestor"?

10. What would be easier to understand in "Thinking of What the Jury is Deliberating" according to the author?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the theme of grief in "On the Suicide of a Young Boy I Did Not Know." How is grief different in this poem than in others in the collection?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the structural elements of the poems "Breath" and "Bittersweet." What elements of repetition can be seen? What is the rhyme and meter of each?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the imagery, symbolism and themes in "The New World." How does the author relate sexuality in this poem?

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