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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Sylvia Plath lose in Face Lift?

3. What game does Sharon Olds play in Socks?

4. Where is the mother's placed in Woman's Work?

5. What is Rita Dove ready to fall in love with?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Death, Etc. about?

2. What message is sent in Grief?

3. What is To Flush, My Dog about?

4. What is The Great Lover about?

5. What is When One Has Lived a Long Time Alone about?

6. What is Patterns about?

7. What is The Dream That I Told My Mother-in-Law about?

8. What is "to my last period" about?

9. What is Somebody's Mother about?

10. What is The Rhodora about?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What has changed about women's roles in work throughout history, and how are these changes presented in these poems?

Essay Topic 2

What role does symbolism play in these poems, and what are some of the major symbols presented?

Essay Topic 3

What are some of the analogies shared in these poems, and what are their deeper meanings?

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