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

2. In "Friday Night at the Royal Station Hotel," where have the salesmen gone?
(a) To catch the train.
(b) Back to Leeds.
(c) Back to London.
(d) Home for the night.

3. Finish this line from the poem "Ignorance": "Our flesh surrounds us with ________."
(a) Its own decisions.
(b) Organs of life.
(c) Its own precision.
(d) Breath and hope.

4. In "Dublinesque," what is passing through the streets?
(a) A trolley.
(b) A funeral.
(c) A bus.
(d) A parade.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In the poem "I Dreamed of an Out-thrust Arm," what is the narrator empty of?

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

3. In the poem "Dockery and Son," what does the narrator eat?

4. What is the final line of the poem "A Study of Reading Habits"?

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

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