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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whom does Caroline say her aunts wanted to look like?
(a) Themselves.
(b) Their brothers.
(c) Their mother.
(d) The movie actresses.

2. What does Richard Wilbur realize his woman wants in The Catch?
(a) Respect.
(b) Approval.
(c) Adoration.
(d) A dress.

3. What is traded for dolls in Puberty--With Capital Letters?
(a) Aging.
(b) Friends.
(c) Rebellion.
(d) Punishment.

4. What helped Kennedy deal with the losses in her life?
(a) Friends.
(b) Poetry.
(c) Nature.
(d) Religion.

5. Who wrote We Know This Much?
(a) Caroline Kennedy.
(b) Sappho.
(c) Emily Dickinson.
(d) Sylvia PLath.

6. What is the main concern for the couple in Death, Etc.?
(a) What to do with the man they killed.
(b) How to arrange their will.
(c) Their dying son.
(d) Which of them will die first.

7. What is discussed about death in Never More Will the Wind?
(a) The power of death.
(b) The fear of death.
(c) The finality of death.
(d) The eventuality of death.

8. What does Bernadette Mayer want to buy for her friend?
(a) All of these.
(b) Lingerie.
(c) Boots.
(d) Tea Pot.

9. How does Christina Rossetti want to be remembered?
(a) With a smile.
(b) With fondness.
(c) With mercy.
(d) With accuracy.

10. What does Nikki Giovanni say is the most important part of friendship?
(a) The love they share.
(b) What they are together.
(c) Having a safe place.
(d) Not being judged.

11. How many states away is Ellen Watson's friend?
(a) 9.
(b) 5.
(c) 11.
(d) 7.

12. Whom does Kennedy talk about in the introduction to the section about beauty?
(a) Her aunt.
(b) Her best friend.
(c) Her mother.
(d) His sister.

13. How does Kennedy describe having children?
(a) A way to bring couples together.
(b) An introduction to love.
(c) Fulfilling the woman's role.
(d) A transformational experience.

14. What happens in each stanza of Nobody Knows But Mother?
(a) A tribute is made.
(b) A question is asked.
(c) A task is described.
(d) A person dies.

15. On whom does Kennedy say her grandmother focused her attention?
(a) Her children.
(b) Her pets.
(c) Her students.
(d) Her grandchildren.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does William Blake want Hayley to be his enemy?

2. What must be put away during the most solemn industry according to Emily Dickinson?

3. What happens to George Santayana after the death of his wife?

4. What is traded for knowledge in You Begin?

5. What does Kennedy say about her own experience as a mother?

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