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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What buildings are mentioned in "How"?
(a) Skyscrapers.
(b) Hospitals.
(c) Offices.
(d) Hotels.

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

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

5. In "When the Russian Tanks Roll Westward," what is the name of the colonel that is mentioned?
(a) Sloman.
(b) Banks.
(c) Westward.
(d) Smith.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the poem "Waiting for Breakfast," what is the female character doing?

2. In the poem "To Write One Song," where does the narrator go so that he can write a sad song?

3. What question does the narrator ask in "This Was Your Place of Birth"?

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

5. In the poem "Afternoons," what season is approaching?

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