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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 "Love Songs in Age," what is the widow playing?
(a) The radio.
(b) The violin.
(c) The piano.
(d) Records.

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

3. In the poem "Spring," where is the narrator?
(a) In the park.
(b) In the woods.
(c) In an airplane.
(d) Looking out of his apartment.

4. In the poem "The Old Fools," what question is asked at the end of the first stanza?
(a) How can they implore it?
(b) Why aren't they screaming?
(c) How can they ignore it?
(d) How are they so old?

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In the poem "This Is the First Thing," what sound does the narrator say time is?

2. In the poem "I See a Girl Dragged," what does the narrator see men doing?

3. Which of these phrases is italicized in the poem "Places, Loved Ones"?

4. In the poem "Faith Healing," what phrase in italics is repeated?

5. In the poem "Heaviest of Flowers," to what does the narrator compare memories?

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