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Types of Questions
The process of analysis should precede your answering of the multiple-choice questions. The question writer has
already gone through the same process, and the questions that you find on the exam will be very much like the ones
you ask yourself.
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Questions on structure:
Examples How are stanzas 1 and 2 related to stanza 3? What word in line 20 refers back to an idea used in
lines 5, 10, and 15? Which of the following divisions best represents its structure?
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Questions on theme:
Examples Which of the following best sums up the meaning of stanza 2? With which of the following is
the poem centrally concerned? The poet rejects the notion of an intelligent universe because. . .
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Questions on diction:
Examples Which of the following words is used to suggest the poets dislike of winter? The poets use of
the word air in line 8 is to indicate. . . The poets delight in the garden is suggested by all of the following
words EXCEPT. . .
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