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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 "Food. Music. Memory." the author recalls shouting Scotch and what as the negative things?

2. Where did the narrator find his ancestor's name in "Letter to an Ancestor"?

3. Who wrote "Raised Violence"?

4. In "Divorce," the author wakes suddenly and hears what?

5. Who is the author of "Lament"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. How does the author recall his parents and sister in "Raised Violence"?

8. What does Jane Hirshfield personify in her poem of the collection?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Discuss the themes of words and language in "Naming" and "Learning Persian." How do the authors of these poems use personification in language?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and discuss the settings and characters in the poems "Insurance" and "She had thought." In what narrative voice is each poem written?

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