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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the subject of the poem "Sunny Prestatyn"?
(a) A college.
(b) A lover.
(c) A poster.
(d) A city.

2. In the poem "Here," where is the narrator swerving in the first stanza?
(a) West.
(b) South.
(c) East.
(d) North.

3. Finish this line from "As Bad as a Mile": "The apple unbitten ________."
(a) In the vase.
(b) In the grass.
(c) In the palm.
(d) On the tree.

4. In the poem "Talking in Bed," what does the narrator say about talking in bed?
(a) It should be easiest.
(b) It shouldn't be done.
(c) It is a bother.
(d) It is a tradition.

5. Finish this line from the poem "Ignorance": "Our flesh surrounds us with ________."
(a) Organs of life.
(b) Its own precision.
(c) Its own decisions.
(d) Breath and hope.

6. What is the name of the cafe in "Going, Going"?
(a) F2.
(b) M5.
(c) M1.
(d) F6.

7. In the poem "Naturally the Foundation Will Bear Your Expenses," who is the narrator going to meet?
(a) Professor Lal.
(b) Professor Havord.
(c) Morgan Forster.
(d) The Queen.

8. In "Posterity," what is the name of the biographer?
(a) Frank Reynolds.
(b) Noel Winterson.
(c) Jake Balokowsky.
(d) Aaron Kuzueski.

9. In the poem "The Large Cool Store," what does the store sell?
(a) Vegetables.
(b) Hardware.
(c) Meat.
(d) Cheap clothes.

10. In the poem "Livings," how many days does the narrator spend in the hotel?
(a) Five.
(b) Two.
(c) Three.
(d) Seven.

11. In "Sympathy in White Major," what does the narrator drink?
(a) Soda.
(b) Lemonade.
(c) Gin.
(d) Whiskey.

12. In the poem "Send No Money," what does the narrator say he spent his youth chasing?
(a) Girls.
(b) Truth.
(c) Fame.
(d) Money.

13. In the poem "An Arudel Tomb," what are the earl and countess secretly doing?
(a) Talking to each other.
(b) Crying.
(c) Holding hands.
(d) Singing.

14. In the poem "Livings," what kind of constellations are mentioned at the end of the poem?
(a) Chaldean.
(b) Roman.
(c) Flowering.
(d) Grecian.

15. In the poem "Toads Revisited," where is the narrator?
(a) At work.
(b) By the lake.
(c) In his home.
(d) In the park.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Trees," what does the narrator say the greenness of the leaves is?

2. In the poem "Wild Oats," how much did the narrator pay for the ring?

3. In the poem "Mr Bleaney," where did Mr. Bleaney stay till they moved him?

4. When was the collection "High Windows" published?

5. In the poem "The Trees," what word is repeated three times?

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