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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Party Politics," what does the narrator never remember?
(a) Holding a full drink.
(b) What he was drinking.
(c) Remembering the host's name.
(d) What to say in front of people.

2. Finish this line from "Plymouth": "The hands that chose them rust upon a _______."
(a) Life.
(b) Stick.
(c) Brick.
(d) Table.

3. To whom is the poem "Conscript" dedicated?
(a) James Beard.
(b) John Paul Jones.
(c) John Wilkes Booth.
(d) James Ballard Sutton.

4. In "Sympathy in White Major," what does the narrator drink?
(a) Lemonade.
(b) Whiskey.
(c) Soda.
(d) Gin.

5. In the poem "Livings," how many days does the narrator spend in the hotel?
(a) Two.
(b) Three.
(c) Seven.
(d) Five.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Portrait," what is the woman's hands sheltering?

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

3. What animal is mentioned in the poem "Wires"?

4. Who is the narrator of the poem "Wedding-Wind"?

5. In the poem "Annus Mirabilis," when did sexual intercourse begin?

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