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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What kind of animal is mentioned in the poem "First Sight"?
(a) A fawn.
(b) A lamb.
(c) A pig.
(d) A cow.

3. In what year was the collection "The Whitsun Weddings" published?
(a) 1954.
(b) 1944.
(c) 1974.
(d) 1964.

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

5. Finish this line from the poem "Days": "Days are where ________."
(a) We watch our lives.
(b) We grow ourselves.
(c) We live in.
(d) We wait for death.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the poem "Talking in Bed," what does the narrator say about talking in bed?

2. In "The Card-Players," what does Jan van Hogspeuw do?

3. Finish this line from "The Building": "Though crowds each evening try with wasteful, weak, propitiatory _________."

4. In the poem "Faith Healing," what phrase in italics is repeated?

5. In the poem "The Large Cool Store," what does the store sell?

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