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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. In "4 ½," like what animal pulling at its tether and scraping its horns against a rock, does the little girl emphasize what exactly she wants?

2. In "Urban Youth," the speaker remembers her home and her mother’s worry as her father and siblings teach her what?

3. In "4 ½," the speaker describes a little girl who is either found asleep with her stuffed animals in the morning or doing what?

4. In “Theatrical Improvisation,” the women go from fear to what?

5. In “Theatrical Improvisation,” the man steps back and falls down. He then describes what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the audience begin to sense in "Theatrical Improvisation"?

2. In "Eternity: Lama Temple," what does the speaker notice around him or her?

3. What malformations are described in "Watershed"?

4. How does Dupont end up acquiring J's land in "Watershed"?

5. In "Theatrical Improvisation," what do two of the people remember?

6. What does the speaker in "Eternity: Landscape Painting" say when he or she views the painting?

7. What does the speaker observe in “Beatific”?

8. What does the speaker look for in "Eternity: Nanluoguxiang Alley"? What does she find?

9. How does the speaker feel in “In Your Condition”?

10. What does the speaker say about the wall in "Mutianyu, Great Wall"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Who are the characters found in Tracy's poetry? What do the characters have in common? What is the narrator‘s relationship to the various characters? What might Tracy‘s relationship be with the characters she creates?

Essay Topic 2

"The United States Welcomes You" is filled with questions. What are a few of these questions? What are two other poems by Smith that include questions? What is the purpose of these questions? Do you find these questions engaging? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Many of Smith's poems contain descriptive language. Choose one of her poems that is a good example of this. What is the purpose of this language? How does this language affect the reader? How different would the poem be without this type of language? Why?

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