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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many parts compose the poem "Livings"?
(a) Two.
(b) Five.
(c) Three.
(d) Six.

2. In the poem "Heaviest of Flowers," to what does the narrator compare memories?
(a) Paintings.
(b) Apples.
(c) Roses.
(d) Geese.

3. Finish this line from "Homage to a Government": "All we can hope to leave them is ________."
(a) Money.
(b) Memories.
(c) Love.
(d) Hope.

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

5. What emotion does the narrator of the poem "Wedding-Wind" feel?
(a) Happiness.
(b) Fear.
(c) Loneliness.
(d) Sadness.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the poem "Ambulances," what phrase is italicized?

2. In the poem "Broadcast," what popular figure is on television?

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

4. In the poem "An Arudel Tomb," what are the earl and countess secretly doing?

5. In the poem "I Put My Mouth," what does the narrator tell the stream and wind they will not find?

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