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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the poem "MCMXIV," what line is repeated?
(a) Never a time again.
(b) Never is beyond the damp.
(c) Never these thoughts.
(d) Never such innocence.

2. In the poem "Nursery Tale," what does the narrator say he remembers?
(a) A horseman.
(b) A garden.
(c) A maiden.
(d) A soldier.

3. In the poem "The Whitsun Weddings," what time of the afternoon is the poem set?
(a) 2:20.
(b) 1:20.
(c) 3:30.
(d) 12:20.

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

5. What line is repeated in "All Catches Alight"?
(a) A drum taps; a wintry drum.
(b) Beat, beat, cried the drum.
(c) Drum on, patriot.
(d) Drum to the beat of your soul.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In the poem "Ugly Sister," how many steps are there to her room?

3. In the poem "Naturally the Foundation Will Bear Your Expenses," who is the narrator going to meet?

4. What is the subject of the poem "Sunny Prestatyn"?

5. What poem is this opening line from: "At last you yielded the album, which,/ Once open, sent me distracted"?

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