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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the poem "Wild Oats," how much did the narrator pay for the ring?
(a) Fifty guineas.
(b) Thirty guineas.
(c) Two guineas.
(d) Ten guineas.

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

3. Finish this line from "Mr. Bleaney": "That how we live measures ________."
(a) How successful we will be.
(b) The value of ourselves.
(c) Our own nature.
(d) Our importance in the world.

4. In the poem "Love Songs in Age," what is the widow playing?
(a) Records.
(b) The violin.
(c) The radio.
(d) The piano.

5. In "Self's the Man," what is the name of the character that the narrator is comparing himself?
(a) Eric.
(b) Andrew.
(c) Arnold.
(d) Arthur.

6. In the poem "Mr Bleaney," where did Mr. Bleaney stay till they moved him?
(a) Liverpool.
(b) Frinton.
(c) The Bodies.
(d) Tussocky.

7. What is the final line of the poem "A Study of Reading Habits"?
(a) Two dirty dogs twice my size.
(b) Evil was just my lark.
(c) I broke them up like meringues.
(d) Books are a load of crap.

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

9. In "Dublinesque," what is passing through the streets?
(a) A funeral.
(b) A parade.
(c) A bus.
(d) A trolley.

10. Finish this line from the poem "Going, Going": "Excuses that make them all ______."
(a) Shamed.
(b) Happy.
(c) Guilty.
(d) Needs.

11. In the poem "Reference Back," what is the narrator doing?
(a) Visiting his hometown.
(b) Reading at the library.
(c) Thinking about high school.
(d) Playing records.

12. In the poem "Broadcast," what popular figure is on television?
(a) An actress.
(b) The president.
(c) The prime minister.
(d) The queen.

13. In the poem "MCMXIV," what line is repeated?
(a) Never such innocence.
(b) Never a time again.
(c) Never these thoughts.
(d) Never is beyond the damp.

14. In the poem "Dockery and Son," what does the narrator eat?
(a) A banana.
(b) A hamburger.
(c) An awful pie.
(d) An apple.

15. In the poem "The Trees," what word is repeated three times?
(a) Dead.
(b) Afresh.
(c) Again.
(d) Thresh.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the poem "The Importance of Elsewhere," where is the poet?

2. In the poem "Toads Revisited," where is the narrator?

3. In the poem "To the Sea," for what does the narrator search the sand?

4. In "Sad Steps," what is the narrator reminded of while watching the sunrise?

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

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