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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What object is the subject of the poem "Whatever Happened"?
(a) An old coat.
(b) A compass.
(c) A photograph.
(d) A theater ticket.

2. Finish this line from "The Building": "Though crowds each evening try with wasteful, weak, propitiatory _________."
(a) Congratulations.
(b) Kisses.
(c) Flowers.
(d) Farewells.

3. In the poem "Afternoons," what season is approaching?
(a) Spring.
(b) Summer.
(c) Fall.
(d) Winter.

4. In the poem "High Windows," what does the narrator say about the sky?
(a) It is terrific.
(b) It is overcast.
(c) It is endless.
(d) It is overwhelming.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In the poem "Take One Home for the Kiddies," what happens to the animal that is brought home?

3. In what year was the collection "The Whitsun Weddings" published?

4. In the poem "The Importance of Elsewhere," where is the poet?

5. In the poem "For Sidney Bechet," the narrator says a note is reflected like which city on the water?

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