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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the poem "Afternoons," what is the wind ruining?
(a) The clouds' beauty.
(b) Sandboxes.
(c) Tree's leaves.
(d) Courting-places.

2. Finish this line from "High Windows": "And everyone young going down the long slide to _______."
(a) Faith.
(b) Death.
(c) Old Age.
(d) Happiness.

3. In the poem "MCMXIV," what line is repeated?
(a) Never such innocence.
(b) Never these thoughts.
(c) Never is beyond the damp.
(d) Never a time again.

4. In the poem "I See a Girl Dragged," what does the narrator see men doing?
(a) Singing.
(b) Shoveling snow.
(c) Carrying coal.
(d) Burying bodies.

5. What object is the poem "Forget What Did" centered around?
(a) A cookbook.
(b) A diary.
(c) A novel.
(d) A notebook.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the author of this book of poetry?

2. In the poem "Pour Away That Youth," what fear is expressed?

3. In the poem "Skin," what does the narrator call his skin?

4. In "Self's the Man," what is the name of the character that the narrator is comparing himself?

5. What kind of animal is mentioned in the poem "First Sight"?

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