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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the poem "Pour Away That Youth," what fear is expressed?
(a) Fear of death.
(b) Fear of ghosts.
(c) Fear of life.
(d) Fear of failure.

2. In the poem "Forget What Did," what was a stun to memory?
(a) Learning a language.
(b) Burning the pictures.
(c) Stopping the diary.
(d) Forgetting her name.

3. Finish the line from "Wants": "Beneath it all, desire of ______ runs."
(a) Oblivion.
(b) Affection.
(c) Fame.
(d) Love.

4. To whom is the poem "Conscript" dedicated?
(a) James Ballard Sutton.
(b) John Paul Jones.
(c) John Wilkes Booth.
(d) James Beard.

5. In the poem "The Importance of Elsewhere," where is the poet?
(a) America.
(b) France.
(c) England.
(d) Ireland.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the poem "Nursery Tale," what does the narrator say he remembers?

2. In "A Stone Church Damaged by a Bomb," what are "shapeless in the shapeless earth"?

3. In the poem "The Old Fools," what question is asked at the end of the first stanza?

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

5. In "The Dedicated," for what do they smooth the walks?

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