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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the coming season do to the narrator of the poem "Coming"?
(a) Makes him sad.
(b) Makes him apprehensive.
(c) Makes him want to move to another place.
(d) Makes him feel like a kid again.

2. In the poem "Deceptions," what does the ruined woman in the epigraph claim?
(a) That she deceived someone.
(b) That it was a masquerade.
(c) That she was drugged.
(d) That her husband was not who she thought he was.

3. In the poem "Waiting for Breakfast," what is the female character doing?
(a) Reading the newspaper.
(b) Brushing her hair.
(c) Making toast.
(d) Turning on the stove.

4. In the poem "Poetry of Departure," what does the narrator say he gets sick of?
(a) Traveling.
(b) Reality.
(c) Letters.
(d) Home.

5. In the poem "Winter," which of these elements is NOT mentioned?
(a) Horses.
(b) Snow.
(c) Swans.
(d) Thistles.

Short Answer Questions

1. What room is mentioned in the poem "Absences"?

2. In the poem "Wants," what does the narrator want more than anything?

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

4. To whom is the poem "Born Yesterday" dedicated?

5. What season does the poem "Coming" discuss?

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