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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the subject of the poem "Going"?
(a) Darkness/night.
(b) Eclipses.
(c) Brightness/morning.
(d) Grey skies/cloudy.

2. To whom is the poem "Born Yesterday" dedicated?
(a) Sally Hemmings.
(b) Martin Amis.
(c) Sally Amis.
(d) Amos and Andy.

3. In the poem "Latest Face," who is the latest face?
(a) An admirer.
(b) His behavior at the time.
(c) His age, which is showing.
(d) His, in the mirror.

4. In "Within a Dream," what does the poet say is cold?
(a) His heart.
(b) The bed.
(c) The air.
(d) The ground.

5. 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 the bell ringing in the distance?"
(d) "Are you fate, or fate's fading light?"

Short Answer Questions

1. In the poem "Wants," what does the narrator want more than anything?

2. What "irritant" is mentioned in the poem "Dry-Point"?

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

4. Finish this line from the poem "No Road": "Since we agreed to let the road between us ___________."

5. Finish this line from the poem "Ignorance": "Our flesh surrounds us with ________."

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