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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the poem "For Sidney Bechet," the narrator says a note is reflected like which city on the water?
(a) Seattle.
(b) New Orleans.
(c) London.
(d) Liverpool.

2. In the poem "Nothing to be Said," what does the poet say life is?
(a) Slow dying.
(b) Beautiful.
(c) Watching the days pass.
(d) Waiting for something good to come.

3. In "Love," what does the narrator say about the "bleeder"?
(a) He can get stuffed.
(b) He needs hope.
(c) His blood will color his life.
(d) He found his true love.

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

5. Who is the narrator of the poem "Wedding-Wind"?
(a) A newly married woman.
(b) Larkin himself.
(c) A stable boy.
(d) A newly married man.

Short Answer Questions

1. What would the narrator's darling discover in the poem "If, My Darling"?

2. In "Dublinesque," what name is heard in the street?

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

4. What kind of animal is mentioned in the poem "First Sight"?

5. What emotion does the narrator of the poem "Wedding-Wind" feel?

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