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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Finish this line from the poem "One Man Walking": "One man restlessly waiting ______."
(a) A lover.
(b) A train.
(c) For love.
(d) For shelter.

2. Who is the narrator of the poem "Wedding-Wind"?
(a) A newly married woman.
(b) A newly married man.
(c) Larkin himself.
(d) A stable boy.

3. In the poem "Reasons for Attendance," where is the narrator?
(a) At a work meeting.
(b) At a dance.
(c) At a wedding.
(d) At a graduation.

4. In the poem "Ugly Sister," how many steps are there to her room?
(a) 50.
(b) 10.
(c) 30.
(d) 3.

5. What phrase is italicized in the poem "Next, Please"?
(a) Right to the last.
(b) But we are wrong.
(c) How slow they are!
(d) Till then.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In "Within a Dream," what does the poet say is cold?

3. In the poem "Climbing the Hill," what does the narrator find falling?

4. In the poem "Love, We Must Part Now," what does the narrator say is always in a parting relationship?

5. In the poem "So Through That Unripe Day," what do the days lose?

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