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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Cold Poem, A Poem for the Blue Heron, Flying, Postcard from Flamingo and Vultures.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator feel during the storm in 'Lightning'?
(a) Fear.
(b) Sensuality.
(c) Excitement.
(d) All of these.

2. What do some people label the beast in 'Tasting the Wild Grapes' as?
(a) A vision.
(b) A nuisance.
(c) A sound.
(d) A thought.

3. What is the beast in 'Tasting the Wild Grapes'?
(a) A fox.
(b) A rabbit.
(c) A skunk.
(d) A heron.

4. What does the narrator say happens to the woods in the winter in 'A Poem for the Blue Heron'?
(a) They get noisy.
(b) They get empty.
(c) They become dangerous.
(d) They grow in silence.

5. What did John Chapman call women in 'John Chapman'?
(a) Beauty.
(b) Masked beings.
(c) Creators.
(d) Deceivers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What made people think Lydia was taken by Indians in 'The Lost Children'?

2. What does the water turn to according to the metaphor in 'A Poem For the Blue Heron'?

3. What causes the beast in 'Tasting the Wild Grapes' to explode at times?

4. In 'John Chapman', what state does John Chapman live in?

5. What is the only part of the narrator's body she is concerned with in 'August'?

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