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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What pleases the narrator in the poem "Church Going"?
(a) Standing in an empty church.
(b) Going to Sunday Mass.
(c) Listening to church music.
(d) Watching the people walk into church.

2. What question does the narrator ask in "This Was Your Place of Birth"?
(a) "Are you lonesome tonight?"
(b) "Are you prepared for what the night will bring?"
(c) "Are you fate, or fate's fading light?"
(d) "Are you the bell ringing in the distance?"

3. What is the last line to the poem "Home Is So Sad"?
(a) Long fallen wide.
(b) That vase.
(c) Home is so sad.
(d) The music in that piano stool.

4. What kind of animal is mentioned in the poem "First Sight"?
(a) A cow.
(b) A pig.
(c) A lamb.
(d) A fawn.

5. In the poem "Winter," which of these elements is NOT mentioned?
(a) Snow.
(b) Thistles.
(c) Horses.
(d) Swans.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Horns of the Morning," what does the poet say the mornings are bright with?

2. What is the subject of the poem "Water"?

3. What does the ship in the poem "Next, Please" represent?

4. In the poem "Maiden Name," what did marriage do to the woman?

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

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