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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many parts compose the poem "Livings"?
(a) Two.
(b) Five.
(c) Six.
(d) Three.

2. What buildings are mentioned in "How"?
(a) Hotels.
(b) Hospitals.
(c) Offices.
(d) Skyscrapers.

3. In "Ultimatum," what does the narrator say they must build?
(a) Walls.
(b) Ships.
(c) Fortresses.
(d) Rivers.

4. What is the nationality of the girl on the train in "Like the Train's Beat"?
(a) Italian.
(b) French.
(c) Polish.
(d) Russian.

5. What phrase is italicized in the poem "Next, Please"?
(a) Right to the last.
(b) How slow they are!
(c) But we are wrong.
(d) Till then.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the poem "Sympathy in White Major," what does the narrator say is not his favorite color?

2. In the poem "Love, We Must Part Now," what does the narrator say is always in a parting relationship?

3. Finish this line from "Homage to a Government": "All we can hope to leave them is ________."

4. In the poem "Ugly Sister," how many steps are there to her room?

5. In the poem "Heaviest of Flowers," to what does the narrator compare memories?

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