Cold Read Quiz #6 - CAI
Directions: Read the selection below. Then read each question and choose the best answer.
O Pug!, by Stevie Smith
To the Brownes' pug dog, on my lap, in their car, coming home from Norfolk.
O Pug, some people do not like you,
But I like you,
Some people say you do not breathe, you snore,
I don't mind,
One person says he is always conscious of your behind, 5
Is that your fault?
Your own people love you,
All the people in the family that owns you
Love you: Good pug, they cry, Happy pug,
Pug-come-for-a-walk. 10
You are an old dog now
And in all your life
You have never had cause for a moment's anxiety,
Yet,
In those great eyes of yours, 15
Those liquid and protuberant orbs,
Lies the shadow of immense insecurity. There
Panic walks.
Yes, yes, I know,
When your mistress is with you, 20
When your master
Takes you upon his lap,
Just then, for a moment,
Almost you are not frightened.
But at heart you are frightened, you always have been. 25
O Pug, obstinate old nervous breakdown,
You never listen in the midst of so much love,
And such comfort,
Still to feel unsafe and be afraid,
How one's heart goes out to you! 30
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