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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What room is mentioned in the poem "Absences"?
(a) The attic.
(b) A bedroom.
(c) The basement.
(d) The kitchen.

2. What types of games are long gone in the poem "Cut Grass"?
(a) Cattle auctions.
(b) Cattle roping.
(c) Bird watching.
(d) Horseraces.

3. In the poem "Climbing the Hill," what does the narrator find falling?
(a) Ancient sadness.
(b) Raindrop tears.
(c) Snow.
(d) Swans.

4. In the poem "Maiden Name," what did marriage do to the woman?
(a) Saved her from spinsterhood.
(b) Helped her become a new woman.
(c) Erased her old identity.
(d) Left her alone.

5. What emotion does the narrator of the poem "Wedding-Wind" feel?
(a) Sadness.
(b) Happiness.
(c) Fear.
(d) Loneliness.

6. Finish the line from "Wants": "Beneath it all, desire of ______ runs."
(a) Love.
(b) Oblivion.
(c) Fame.
(d) Affection.

7. To whom is "All Catches Alight" dedicated?
(a) Bruce Montgomery.
(b) Montgomery Ward.
(c) Bruce Wayne.
(d) Warden Montgomery.

8. In the poem "Spring," where is the narrator?
(a) Looking out of his apartment.
(b) In an airplane.
(c) In the park.
(d) In the woods.

9. In the poem "I Put My Mouth," what does the narrator tell the stream and wind they will not find?
(a) Hate.
(b) Jealousy.
(c) Love.
(d) Rest.

10. In the poem "Toads," what does the toad represent?
(a) The animal, the toad.
(b) Ungracious people.
(c) Work.
(d) Old men.

11. In the poem "Reasons for Attendance," where is the narrator?
(a) At a wedding.
(b) At a work meeting.
(c) At a graduation.
(d) At a dance.

12. In the poem "Arrivals, Departures," what line is in parentheses?
(a) "Arrivals lowering in a doleful distance."
(b) "Tame water lanes, tall shed, the traveler sees."
(c) "His advent blurted to the morning shore."
(d) "His bag of samples knocking at his knees."

13. What instrument is mentioned in the poem "Reasons for Attendance"?
(a) A guitar.
(b) A trumpet.
(c) A violin.
(d) A clarinet.

14. In the poem "Night-Music," what kind of trees are mentioned?
(a) Heavenly maples.
(b) Black poplars.
(c) Spring pines.
(d) Grand oaks.

15. Finish this line from the poem "One Man Walking": "One man restlessly waiting ______."
(a) For love.
(b) For shelter.
(c) A lover.
(d) A train.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom is the poem "Born Yesterday" dedicated?

2. In the poem "Nursery Tale," what does the narrator say he remembers?

3. In the poem "I See a Girl Dragged," what does the narrator see men doing?

4. In the poem "Morning Has Spread Again," how many times has the narrator and his subject met?

5. What pleases the narrator in the poem "Church Going"?

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