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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of horse does the narrator want to get?
(a) A cart horse.
(b) One with a blue eye.
(c) A black one.
(d) Just a little one.

2. Why does the narrator refuse to count sheep?
(a) Counting sheep is for children.
(b) She hates sheep.
(c) She does not like to count.
(d) She does not want to fall back asleep.

3. According to the poem "Solace," why do people not worry over the broken stem of a rose?
(a) People are too busy to notice.
(b) Roses do not feed a family.
(c) Roses are not an important flower.
(d) There are many other roses blooming.

4. How does Mrs. Murdock feel about her dress as she leaves her visit with Miss Noyes and Lily Wynton?
(a) The dress makes her feel like an actress on stage.
(b) She feels a tenderness toward her clothes because they are her own.
(c) She is embarrassed by the plain style and color.
(d) She wants to alter it to look more like Lily Wynton's dress.

5. What does Hazel do with Mrs. Martin?
(a) They complain about their husbands.
(b) They go shopping together.
(c) They drink and play cards.
(d) They gossip about their neighbors.

6. In "The Little Hours," what time does the narrator wake?
(a) 2:45 am.
(b) 4:20 am.
(c) 5:15 am.
(d) 3:30 am.

7. Why does Gerald Cruger avoid looking at Miss Wilmarth in the story "Horsie"?
(a) He is afraid that she might ask to stay on longer.
(b) He thinks she might think he is making a pass at her.
(c) He feels guilty for all of the awful things he has said about her.
(d) He expects her to toss her head and whinny.

8. How does Herbie react when Hazel begins to drink Scotch?
(a) He says that Scotch is not lady-like.
(b) He is happy that she is loosening up.
(c) He does not know since she drinks in secret.
(d) He is worried that she is drinking too much.

9. In the poem "The Danger of Writing Defiant Verse," what does the narrator realize about her new lover?
(a) He is silly.
(b) He does not truly love her.
(c) He is cheating on her.
(d) He does not actually exist.

10. Who does the narrator say she thinks she is after three highballs?
(a) Marie Antoinette.
(b) Joan of Arc.
(c) Isaac Newton.
(d) St. Francis of Assisi.

11. According to the poem "Victoria," where is Albert's spirit never seen walking?
(a) Scotland.
(b) Eaton.
(c) Virginia.
(d) Scarsdale.

12. What has become a "bitterness" for the narrator if "Iseult of Brittany"?
(a) Her frail cup.
(b) Her lovely hands.
(c) Her lost love.
(d) Her deep pride.

13. What animal is described in the poem "Parable for a Certain Virgin"?
(a) A sparrow.
(b) A weasel.
(c) A horse.
(d) A porcupine.

14. Throughout their marriage, how many evenings have the Weldons experienced that are similar to the one described in "Too Bad"?
(a) About six thousand.
(b) Over fifteen thousand.
(c) Almost ten thousand.
(d) More than two thousand.

15. According to "Salome's Dancing-Lesson," who does not need dance lessons?
(a) A woman who is too old for dancing.
(b) A woman whose body is young and cool.
(c) A woman who dances for a purpose.
(d) A woman who feels the music in her heart.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the message behind the poem "Fable"?

2. According to "Rhyme Against the Living," who is lucky?

3. How much time passes between the time that Horace leaves the narrator's home and the time that he calls the house?

4. What does the narrator of "Requiescat" pray "will not rise again"?

5. How do both Mrs. Weldon and Mr. Weldon feel about their apartment?

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