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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 "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. What does the poet describe in the poem "Essential Beauty"?
(a) Shop windows.
(b) Nature.
(c) The country.
(d) His lover.

3. In "Self's the Man," what is the name of the character that the narrator is comparing himself?
(a) Arnold.
(b) Andrew.
(c) Eric.
(d) Arthur.

4. In the poem "Nursery Tale," what does the narrator say he remembers?
(a) A soldier.
(b) A maiden.
(c) A garden.
(d) A horseman.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Finish this line from "Mr. Bleaney": "That how we live measures ________."

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

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

4. In the poem "An Arundel Tomb," what lies at the earl and countess' feet?

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

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