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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Party Politics," what does the narrator never remember?
(a) What to say in front of people.
(b) What he was drinking.
(c) Holding a full drink.
(d) Remembering the host's name.

2. In the poem "An Arudel Tomb," what are the earl and countess secretly doing?
(a) Talking to each other.
(b) Singing.
(c) Crying.
(d) Holding hands.

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

4. What is the nationality of the girl on the train in "Like the Train's Beat"?
(a) Polish.
(b) Italian.
(c) Russian.
(d) French.

5. What is the subject of the poem "Solar"?
(a) Earth.
(b) Pluto.
(c) The sun.
(d) Mars.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the poem "Wedding-Wind," what animal is restless?

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

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

4. In the poem "The Dancer," what elements does the dancer contemplate imitating?

5. In "A Writer," what inanimate object is given a voice?

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