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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What question does the narrator ask in "This Was Your Place of Birth"?
(a) "Are you the bell ringing in the distance?"
(b) "Are you prepared for what the night will bring?"
(c) "Are you lonesome tonight?"
(d) "Are you fate, or fate's fading light?"

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

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

4. What is the subject of the poem "Going"?
(a) Darkness/night.
(b) Brightness/morning.
(c) Grey skies/cloudy.
(d) Eclipses.

5. In "Dawn," what does the poet say is strange?
(a) That the cock crows at dawn.
(b) That the dawn should break.
(c) That the heart is loveless.
(d) That each morning is new.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many ships does the narrator see in "The North Ship"?

2. In the poem "Is It for Now or For Always," what does the narrator call his lover?

3. In the poem "Morning Has Spread Again," how many times has the narrator and his subject met?

4. What is the subject of the poem "I Remember, I Remember"?

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

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