1. According to the author, poetry lovers under thirty generally

　　A. have a strong sense of their own inferiority during school years

　　B. are always products of boarding schools

　　C. have an unhappy home life

　　D. are outgoing as adolescents

　　E. long to return to early childhood

　　2. The author’s main purpose is apparently to

　　A. describe what lead to his being an introvert

　　B. explore the reasons for his early taste in poetry

　　C. explain what lead to his becoming a poet

　　D. account for the unhappy adolescent’s aesthetic sense

　　E. criticize a system that makes young people feel unhappy and neglected

　　3. The word ‘contingent’ (line 8) most nearly means

　　A. juvenile

　　B. scholarly

　　C. competitive

　　D. immediate

　　E. intelligent

　　4. The author regards the introverted adolescent as ultimately lucky because he has

　　A. become financially successful in an industrialized society

　　B. ceased to envy others

　　C. cultivated inner resources that he will need in modern society

　　D. a better general education than those who were envied in school

　　E. learned to appreciate nature

　　5. To the adolescent the ‘authentic poetic note’ is one of

　　A. pain and affirmation

　　B. hostility and vulgarity

　　C. contentment and peace

　　D. purity and love

　　E. melancholy and acceptance

　　6. It can be inferred that, for the author, the poetry of Hardy is

　　A. something with which he is not entirely comfortable

　　B. a temporary interest soon supplanted by other poetry

　　C. a secret obsession that he is reluctant to confess

　　D. his first poetic love that time has not entirely erased

　　E. a childlike passion

　　7. The author uses all of the following to make his point except

　　A. metaphor

　　B. personal experience

　　C. generalization

　　D. classical allusions

　　E. comparison

　　8. The poetry quoted (lines 28-34) is most likely included as

　　A. extracts from the author’s own poetry

　　B. extracts from Hardy’s poetry

　　C. examples of poetry that appeals to the unhappy adolescent

　　D. the type of poetry much admired by all poetry lovers

　　E. examples of schoolboy poetry

　　9. It can be inferred that Edward Thomas

　　A. was once held in high esteem by the author

　　B. was a better poet than Hardy

　　C. was writing in 1924

　　D. had views opposed to Eliot

　　E. wrote poetry similar to that of Hardy

　　10. The author mentions Carl Sandburg (line 52) as

　　A. an example of a modern poet

　　B. an example of a traditional figure

　　C. having a poetic appearance

　　D. a poet to appeal to young people

　　E. resembling his father

　　11. The author qualifies his appreciation of Hardy by pointing out that Hardy’s poetic techniques were

　　A. sometimes unmoving

　　B. not always deeply felt

　　C. occasionally lacking in variety

　　D. always emotional

　　E. irrelevant to certain readers

　　12. The author feels that Hardy’s physical appearance suggested

　　A. deep and lasting feelings

　　B. paternal values

　　C. careworn old age

　　D. a contemporary writer

　　E. fatherly concern

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