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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Whirligig Beetles and Requiem.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To emphasize the powerful and image-provoking verbs used by the poet, he has used what literary device?
(a) Hyperbole.
(b) Allusion.
(c) Alliteration.
(d) Allegory.

2. The two parts of the poem frequently do what?
(a) Overlap.
(b) Tell jokes.
(c) Argue.
(d) Repeat.

3. What else is reflected by what covers the pages of the poem?
(a) The way life must be in this habitat.
(b) The confusion and frustration that must be caused by this many beetles.
(c) The chaos this movement must create among this throng of beetles.
(d) The way the beetles must have to hunt to find food.

4. How are people like the mayfly?
(a) Most people rush through life, frantically trying to fit in as much as possible.
(b) Most people do not think about the consequences of their actions.
(c) Most people lazily drift through life.
(d) Most people do not think about others as they speed through life.

5. What covers the pages of this poem reflect what?
(a) The way the beetles think.
(b) The habitat of the beetles.
(c) The ways in which the beetles move.
(d) The food the beetles eat.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when the water boatmen reach their destination?

2. When read aloud by the two speakers, this poem creates a sense of what?

3. Why does the mayfly feel nostalgia?

4. Why is the answer to number 90 repeated in the poem?

5. "Water Boatmen" describes the ________________ of this insect.

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