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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the coming season do to the narrator of the poem "Coming"?
(a) Makes him apprehensive.
(b) Makes him want to move to another place.
(c) Makes him sad.
(d) Makes him feel like a kid again.

2. In the poem "Here," where is the narrator swerving in the first stanza?
(a) West.
(b) North.
(c) East.
(d) South.

3. In "Dublinesque," what is passing through the streets?
(a) A parade.
(b) A bus.
(c) A funeral.
(d) A trolley.

4. What season does the poem "Coming" discuss?
(a) Fall.
(b) Winter.
(c) Summer.
(d) Spring.

5. What is the last line of the poem "The Card-Players"?
(a) This lamplit cave.
(b) Belching out smoke.
(c) The secret, bestial peace!
(d) Rain, Wind, and Fire!

Short Answer Questions

1. What instrument is mentioned in the poem "Reasons for Attendance"?

2. In the poem "To the Sea," for what does the narrator search the sand?

3. Which of these phrases is italicized in the poem "Places, Loved Ones"?

4. In the poem "Annus Mirabilis," when did sexual intercourse begin?

5. What is the subject of the poem "Places, Loved Ones"?

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