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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What would the narrator's darling discover in the poem "If, My Darling"?
(a) He is not rich.
(b) He does not love her.
(c) He actually loves her sister.
(d) He has been faking his personality around her.

2. In the poem "Posterity," what does the biographer want to do for a year?
(a) Learn to play piano.
(b) Finish a novel.
(c) Teach in Tel Aviv.
(d) Travel the world.

3. In what year was the collection "The Whitsun Weddings" published?
(a) 1944.
(b) 1964.
(c) 1974.
(d) 1954.

4. Who is the narrator of the poem "Wedding-Wind"?
(a) A newly married man.
(b) A stable boy.
(c) A newly married woman.
(d) Larkin himself.

5. Finish this line from "Mr. Bleaney": "That how we live measures ________."
(a) Our own nature.
(b) Our importance in the world.
(c) How successful we will be.
(d) The value of ourselves.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Posterity," what is the name of the biographer?

2. When was the collection "High Windows" published?

3. What is the subject of the poem "Going"?

4. What season does the poem "Coming" discuss?

5. Finish this line from "High Windows": "And everyone young going down the long slide to _______."

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