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  | Like the Sun and Tell all the Truth but tell it slant Study Guide Text of poem 1. What is Sekhar’s experiment?
2. What is Sekhar’s main reason for going through with his experiment?
3. What is ironic about Sekhar’s negative response to his wife’s cooking?
4. What is the consequence of Sekhar’s truthfulness at his morning meal?
5. How does Sekhar feel about about being asked to the headmaster’s home to critique the headmaster’s singing?
6. What becomes the most difficult test of Sekhar’s vow to be truthful?
7. What is ironic about the headmaster’s response to Sekhar’s criticism?
8. What does Sekhar mean when he calls honesty a “luxury”?
9. What does Dickenson mean when she says that truth must be told at a “slant”?
10. What does Dickinson compare truth to?
11. What will happen if truth does not “dazzle gradually”?
12. What is the theme of both selections?
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