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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Finish the line from "Wants": "Beneath it all, desire of ______ runs."
(a) Affection.
(b) Oblivion.
(c) Love.
(d) Fame.

2. In the poem "Broadcast," what popular figure is on television?
(a) The president.
(b) The prime minister.
(c) The queen.
(d) An actress.

3. In the poem "Climbing the Hill," what does the narrator find falling?
(a) Snow.
(b) Ancient sadness.
(c) Raindrop tears.
(d) Swans.

4. What pleases the narrator in the poem "Church Going"?
(a) Going to Sunday Mass.
(b) Listening to church music.
(c) Watching the people walk into church.
(d) Standing in an empty church.

5. In the poem "Toads," what does the toad represent?
(a) The animal, the toad.
(b) Work.
(c) Old men.
(d) Ungracious people.

Short Answer Questions

1. Finish this line from the poem "No Road": "Since we agreed to let the road between us ___________."

2. In the poem "Sympathy in White Major," what does the narrator say is not his favorite color?

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

4. In the poem "Afternoons," what is the wind ruining?

5. Finish this line from the poem "Going, Going": "Excuses that make them all ______."

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