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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 "Talking in Bed," what does the narrator say about talking in bed?
(a) It shouldn't be done.
(b) It should be easiest.
(c) It is a tradition.
(d) It is a bother.

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

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

4. In "Posterity," what is the name of the biographer?
(a) Noel Winterson.
(b) Jake Balokowsky.
(c) Aaron Kuzueski.
(d) Frank Reynolds.

5. In the poem "Latest Face," who is the latest face?
(a) His age, which is showing.
(b) His, in the mirror.
(c) An admirer.
(d) His behavior at the time.

Short Answer Questions

1. Finish this line from the poem "Ignorance": "Our flesh surrounds us with ________."

2. In "Friday Night at the Royal Station Hotel," what is the porter doing?

3. In the poem "An Arundel Tomb," what lies at the earl and countess' feet?

4. What is the subject of the poem "Sunny Prestatyn"?

5. What is the last line of the poem "The Old Fools"?

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