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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 "The Lost Glove Is Happy," the author loses her glove made where?

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

3. Who is the author of "Words My Friend Can't Bring Himself to Say"?

4. Who wrote "What Came to Me"?

5. Who wrote the poem "Work"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How is the father described in the poem "Mindleaving"?

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

6. How are the trees in "Plum Trees" personified? What metaphors are used?

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

8. What ghosts does the author see in "The House at 5 Allende Street"? What metaphors are used?

9. Why had the author paid close attention to the heard in "Model of the Heart at the Franklin Institute"?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the religious allusion and symbolism in "Shedding Skin" and "Invisibility." What do these poems have in common?

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 theme of sorrow in "Sudden" and "Seeing for You." How do these poems relate in terms of symbolism and imagery?

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