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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the poem "Toads Revisited," where is the narrator?
(a) In his home.
(b) At work.
(c) By the lake.
(d) In the park.

2. What instrument is mentioned in the poem "Reasons for Attendance"?
(a) A guitar.
(b) A trumpet.
(c) A clarinet.
(d) A violin.

3. In the poem "Kick Up the Fire," what causes instantaneous grief?
(a) Death.
(b) Silence.
(c) Being alone.
(d) Hate.

4. In the poem "Nothing to be Said," what does the poet say life is?
(a) Slow dying.
(b) Watching the days pass.
(c) Waiting for something good to come.
(d) Beautiful.

5. In the poem "Morning Has Spread Again," how many times has the narrator and his subject met?
(a) Every day.
(b) More than five times.
(c) Fewer than six times.
(d) He has known her his whole life.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the coming season do to the narrator of the poem "Coming"?

2. In the poem "Broadcast," what popular figure is on television?

3. What would the narrator's darling discover in the poem "If, My Darling"?

4. In the poem "Deceptions," what does the ruined woman in the epigraph claim?

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

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