CSET Practice Test On Poetry and Why Some People Pass and Some Do Not

14. Lived between 1830 and 1886. She was known as the “Belle of Amherst”. She is regarded as one of the quintessential American poets of the 19th century. Her poetry reveals a child-like fascination with the natural world. She writes of butterflies, birds, and bats and uses metaphors to describe the sea and sky. Her wonderful balance between imagination and observation is what makes her verse so perfect for children. Her famous poems include: A bird came down the walk, I started early, took my dog, I’m nobody! Who are you?, Hope is the thing with feathers, It was not death-for I stood up, Death sets a thing significant, I cannot like with you, Fame is a fickle food, and Because I could not stop for death.

A. Margaret Atwood

B. Emily Dickinson

C. Emma Lazarus

D. Gwendolyn Brooks

15. Lived between 1874 and 1963. He was an American poet and one of the greatest of the 20th century. He received four Pulitzer Prizes during his life time. His best-known poems are: Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening, Mending Wall, Nothing Gold Can Stay, Birches, After Apple Picking, The Pasture, Fire and Ice, The Road Not Taken, and Directive.

A. Gwendolyn Brooks

B. Robert Frost

C. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

D. Emily Dickinson