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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Dear Charles, My Muse, Asleep or Dead," for what occasion is the poem written?
(a) A bar mitzvah.
(b) A first born child.
(c) A birthday.
(d) Christmas.

2. In "Femmes Damnes," what is in the letter-box?
(a) The Guardian.
(b) The Daily Planet.
(c) The Observer.
(d) The Daily Press.

3. In the poem "I Dreamed of an Out-thrust Arm," what is the narrator empty of?
(a) Happiness.
(b) Tears.
(c) Hope.
(d) Love.

4. What "irritant" is mentioned in the poem "Dry-Point"?
(a) A pulled muscle.
(b) A broken bone.
(c) A bruise.
(d) A blister.

5. In the poem "Toads Revisited," where is the narrator?
(a) In his home.
(b) In the park.
(c) By the lake.
(d) At work.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Story," how does the poem end?

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

3. In "The Horns of the Morning," what does the poet say the mornings are bright with?

4. Finish this line from "Fiction and the Reading Public": "Just please me for two generations - you'll be _______."

5. What does the narrator address in the poem "If I Could Free You"?

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