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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 "Lament," the author asks someone to do what for her through the darkened sky?
2. Who is the author of "That Kind of Marriage"?
3. What is stolen from the author in "A Game Nobody Won"?
4. In "I Give You Back," the author writes "so you can no longer keep me naked and ____ in the winter"?
5. Who wrote the poem "Avalanche"?
Short Essay Questions
1. What things does the author describe seeing in "My Valhalla"?
2. How does the author recall his parents and sister in "Raised Violence"?
3. How are the trees in "Plum Trees" personified? What metaphors are used?
4. How is the father described in the poem "Mindleaving"?
5. What would be easier to understand in "Thinking of What the Jury is Deliberating" according to the author?
6. What simile describes the umbrella in "What Was Once Reached For"? What is the setting of the poem?
7. What does the author give back in "I Give You Back"? What is personified?
8. What simile is used to describe the father's hand in "The Memory Prayer"? What does the lightning do?
9. What natural events are described in "Lament"?
10. What leads up to the house in "Dream House"? What does the author wonder?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe and discuss the similes and metaphors in "Lens." How is the author's mother described in the poem and why?
Essay Topic 2
Describe and discuss the theme of death in "Garage Sale" and "Benavides, Texas, 1906." How is the setting of each poem described? How does the setting impact the poem's tone?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the themes of words and language in "Naming" and "Learning Persian." How do the authors of these poems use personification in language?
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