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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 the poem "Avalanche"?

2. Where does the narrator of "That Kind of Marriage" sleep?

3. Who wrote "Model of the Heart at the Franklin Institute"?

4. Who wrote the poem "Mindleaving"?

5. Who wrote the poem "Fame"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is the subject of "Work"? What does he think of?

2. What simile describes the umbrella in "What Was Once Reached For"? What is the setting of the poem?

3. What does the author give back in "I Give You Back"? What is personified?

4. How is snow personified in "Avalanche"?

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

6. How does the author describe his feelings about the memorial in "Unveiling the Vietnam Memorial"?

7. Who is remembered in the poem "Words My Friend Can't Bring Himself to Say"?

8. What does the person conclude the secret of life is in "Secret of Life"?

9. What is personified in "Processes"? How?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the use of language in "What Gets Lost/Lo Que Se Pierde." What structural choices does the author make in the work and why?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and discuss the use of personification and imagery in "What the Stones Knew." What is personified in the poem and why?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the editor of "What Have You Lost"? Where does the poet live? What other works has she published? What common themes are seen in her works?

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