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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the subject of the poem "Going"?
(a) Grey skies/cloudy.
(b) Darkness/night.
(c) Brightness/morning.
(d) Eclipses.

2. In the poem "Reference Back," what is the narrator doing?
(a) Reading at the library.
(b) Playing records.
(c) Visiting his hometown.
(d) Thinking about high school.

3. In the poem "Ugly Sister," how many steps are there to her room?
(a) 10.
(b) 3.
(c) 30.
(d) 50.

4. In the poem "Poetry of Departure," what does the narrator say he gets sick of?
(a) Traveling.
(b) Reality.
(c) Home.
(d) Letters.

5. In the poem "Annus Mirabilis," when did sexual intercourse begin?
(a) 1940.
(b) 1920.
(c) 1963.
(d) 1970.

Short Answer Questions

1. What emotion does the narrator of the poem "Wedding-Wind" feel?

2. In the poem "Sympathy in White Major," how many ice cubes does the narrator put in his glass?

3. Finish this line from "The Building": "Though crowds each evening try with wasteful, weak, propitiatory _________."

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

5. In the poem "Love, We Must Part Now," what does the narrator say is always in a parting relationship?

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