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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through May, White Night, The Fish, Honey at the Table and Crossing the Swamp.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator say man has a secret love for in 'Cold Poem'?
(a) God.
(b) Their own bones.
(c) Their past.
(d) The sky.

2. What is the only part of the narrator's body she is concerned with in 'August'?
(a) Her fingers.
(b) Her lips.
(c) Her tongue.
(d) Her stomach.

3. What was in the attic in 'Web'?
(a) A snake.
(b) A bat.
(c) A bird.
(d) A Black Widow.

4. What springs up behind John Chapman as he wanders in 'John Chapman'?
(a) Apple trees.
(b) Pixies.
(c) Weeds and thistles.
(d) Fond memories.

5. What provides spiritual honey to the narrator of 'May'?
(a) The blossoms.
(b) The rain.
(c) The hum of the bees.
(d) The coming spring.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say moles accomplish during their lives in 'Moles'?

2. What does the narrator say the wind has in 'Web'?

3. What season can John Chapman still be sensed in 'John Chapman'?

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

5. What is the whorehouse filled with?

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