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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. In the poem "Wedding-Wind," what animal is restless?
(a) Chickens.
(b) Cattle.
(c) Sheep.
(d) Horses.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In the poem "Maiden Name," what did marriage do to the woman?

2. In "The Moon Is Full Tonight," what is gone from earth?

3. What phrase is italicized in the poem "Next, Please"?

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

5. What animal is mentioned in the poem "At Grass"?

Short Essay Questions

1. In the poem "Talking in Bed," how does the narrator feel about talking in bed? What does he say is hard to do?

2. In the poem "Deceptions," what is the epigraph about? What does the narrator say to his subject in the poem?

3. In "Since the Majority of Me," what does "the majority of me" reject? What is the result of this?

4. Who is the subject of the poem "Like the Train's Beat"? How does the narrator describe this person?

5. What is the narrator looking at in the poem "Lines on a Young Lady's Photograph Album"? What does the narrator say about the nature of photography?

6. Where is the narrator in the poem "Night Music"? What does the poem celebrate?

7. Where is the narrator in the poem "Climbing the Hill"? What is the tone of the poem?

8. In "Portrait," to what do the woman's hands devote themselves? What are her enemies?

9. In the poem "Toads," what does the toad represent? What does the narrator say about himself in regards to this subject?

10. What line is repeated in the poem "All Catches Alight"? What purpose does the repeated line serve?

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