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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 "Water"?
(a) Politics.
(b) Religion.
(c) Lakes.
(d) Drinking water.
2. In the poem "Sympathy in White Major," what does the narrator say is not his favorite color?
(a) White.
(b) Blue.
(c) Black.
(d) Green.
3. In the poem "Sympathy in White Major," how many ice cubes does the narrator put in his glass?
(a) Five.
(b) Four.
(c) Two.
(d) Three.
4. In "Sad Steps," what is the narrator reminded of while watching the sunrise?
(a) Youth.
(b) Hope.
(c) Death.
(d) Rainbows.
5. In the poem "Forget What Did," what was a stun to memory?
(a) Burning the pictures.
(b) Stopping the diary.
(c) Learning a language.
(d) Forgetting her name.
6. In the poem "Wild Oats," how much did the narrator pay for the ring?
(a) Thirty guineas.
(b) Two guineas.
(c) Ten guineas.
(d) Fifty guineas.
7. In the poem "MCMXIV," what line is repeated?
(a) Never a time again.
(b) Never is beyond the damp.
(c) Never these thoughts.
(d) Never such innocence.
8. In "The Card-Players," what is the weather outside?
(a) Sunshine.
(b) Hail.
(c) Snow.
(d) Rain.
9. In the poem "Take One Home for the Kiddies," what happens to the animal that is brought home?
(a) The children fight over it.
(b) It runs away.
(c) The children love it.
(d) It dies.
10. In the poem "Afternoons," what season is approaching?
(a) Fall.
(b) Winter.
(c) Summer.
(d) Spring.
11. In the poem "Afternoons," what is the wind ruining?
(a) Courting-places.
(b) Tree's leaves.
(c) The clouds' beauty.
(d) Sandboxes.
12. In the poem "The Trees," what word is repeated three times?
(a) Dead.
(b) Afresh.
(c) Thresh.
(d) Again.
13. In the poem "To the Sea," for what does the narrator search the sand?
(a) Cricket squeaks.
(b) Jiminy Cricket.
(c) Cricket jumpers.
(d) Famous cricketers.
14. In "The Building," what kind of building is the poem about?
(a) A restaurant.
(b) A hotel.
(c) A museum.
(d) A hospital.
15. In the poem "Toads Revisited," where is the narrator?
(a) At work.
(b) In his home.
(c) In the park.
(d) By the lake.
Short Answer Questions
1. Finish this line from "Mr. Bleaney": "That how we live measures ________."
2. In the poem "Nothing to be Said," what does the poet say life is?
3. In what year was the collection "The Whitsun Weddings" published?
4. Finish this line from the poem "Ignorance": "Our flesh surrounds us with ________."
5. When was the collection "High Windows" published?
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