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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the poem "The Large Cool Store," what does the store sell?
(a) Cheap clothes.
(b) Vegetables.
(c) Meat.
(d) Hardware.

2. In the poem "Arrivals, Departures," what line is in parentheses?
(a) "His bag of samples knocking at his knees."
(b) "Arrivals lowering in a doleful distance."
(c) "His advent blurted to the morning shore."
(d) "Tame water lanes, tall shed, the traveler sees."

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

4. In the poem "Skin," what does the narrator call his skin?
(a) His daily dress.
(b) His largest organ.
(c) His life story.
(d) His window to the world.

5. What is the last line of the poem "The Old Fools"?
(a) Into the blue.
(b) Those old fools.
(c) We shall find out.
(d) Listen once more.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Self's the Man," what is the name of the character that the narrator is comparing himself?

2. In the poem "An Arundel Tomb," what lies at the earl and countess' feet?

3. In the poem "The Whitsun Weddings," what time of the afternoon is the poem set?

4. In the poem "Sympathy in White Major," what does the narrator say is not his favorite color?

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

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