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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What question does the narrator ask in "This Was Your Place of Birth"?
(a) "Are you the bell ringing in the distance?"
(b) "Are you fate, or fate's fading light?"
(c) "Are you prepared for what the night will bring?"
(d) "Are you lonesome tonight?"

2. In the poem "Naturally the Foundation Will Bear Your Expenses," who is the narrator going to meet?
(a) Morgan Forster.
(b) Professor Lal.
(c) The Queen.
(d) Professor Havord.

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

4. In "Tops," what does the narrator say the tops draw up like?
(a) The moon.
(b) A sun.
(c) A candleflame.
(d) Hope.

5. In the poem "High Windows," what does the narrator say about the sky?
(a) It is overwhelming.
(b) It is overcast.
(c) It is terrific.
(d) It is endless.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Dawn," what does the poet say is strange?

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

3. What is the subject of the poem "Water"?

4. What is the nationality of the girl on the train in "Like the Train's Beat"?

5. In the poem "Here," where is the narrator swerving in the first stanza?

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