I'm doing a practice reading comprehension test on my own and I would like to know the exact answers to make sure I'm on the right track. FAIRGROUND Thumping old tunes give a voice to its whereabouts long before one can see the dazzling archway of colored lights, beyond which household proverbs cease to be valid, 5 a ground sacred to the god of vertigo and his cult of disarray: here jeopardy, panic, shock are dispensed in measured doses by foolproof engines. As passive objects, packed tightly together 10 on roller coaster or ferris wheel, mortals taste in their solid flesh the volitional joys of seraph. Soon the roundabout ends the clumsy conflict of Right and Left: the riding mob melts into 15 one spinning sphere, the perfect shape performing the perfect motion. Mopped and mowed at, as their train worms through a tunnel, by ancestral spooks, caressed by clammy cobwebs, grinning initiates emerge into daylight 20 as tribal heroes. Fun for Youth who knows his libertine spirit is not a copy of Father's, but has yet to learn that the tissues which lend it stamina, like Mum's, are bourgeois. 25 Those with their wander-years behind them who are rather relieved that all routes of escape are spied on, all hours of amusement counted, requiring caution, agenda, keep away: — to be found in coigns^ where, sitting 30 in silent synods, 5 they play chess or cribbage, games that call for patience, foresight, maneuver, like war, like marriage. W.H. Auden Modern English poet Questions: 10. The context of lines 1 to 8 reinforces the meaning of "household proverbs" (line 3) as being A. essential chores B. cautionary advice C. family arguments D. frightening stories 11. That jeopardy, panic, and shock are "dispensed in measured doses by foolproof engines" (lines 7-8) conveys that A. excitement is rare but appreciated B. thrills are mechanically calculated C. fears are responded to matter-of-factly D. fairgrounds are dangerous but beneficial 12. Youth's conformity is most strongly reinforced in the image A. "clumsy conflict / of Right and Left" (lines 13-14) B. "the riding mob melts into / one spinning sphere" (lines 14-15) C. "caressed by clammy cobwebs" (line 18) D. "grinning initiates emerge into daylight" (line 19) 13. This poem is divided into two distinct parts. The shift in focus occurs with the lines A. "Soon the roundabout ends the clumsy conflict / of Right and Left" (lines 13-14) B. "the perfect shape performing / the perfect motion" (lines 15-16) C. "Fun for Youth who knows his libertine spirit / is not a copy of Father's" (lines 21-22) D. "to be found in coigns where, sitting / in silent synods, they play chess or cribbage" (lines 29-30) 14 . The contrasting images in this poem are connected by the lines A. "a ground sacred to the god of vertigo / and his cult of disarray" (lines 5-6) B. "As passive objects, packed tightly together / on roller coaster or ferris wheel" (lines 9-10) C. "yet to / learn that the tissues which lend it stamina, / like Mum's, are bourgeois" (lines 22-24) D. "they play chess or cribbage, / games that call for patience, foresight, maneuver" (lines 30-31) 15 . In comparing war and marriage (line 32), the poet narrowly avoids cynicism by using the words A. "caution, agenda" (line 28) B. "silent synods" (line 30) C. "chess or cribbage" (line 30) D. "patience, foresight" (line 31) 16 . This poem suggests the idea that A. conflict is unavoidable B. life's ventures change in nature C. youth never recovers its energy D. spiritual needs increase in adulthood 17 . The tone of the poem conveys a sense of the poet's A. reflective acceptance B. enthusiastic approval C. disapproving anger D. bored indifference