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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 what else does the poet also compare the firefly?
(a) Acting, shouting, ordering others around.
(b) Singing, vocalizing, and warbling.
(c) Zipping, zooming, and zany behavior.
(d) Painting and brush strokes.

2. "Mayflies" ________________ tells of the brief life of the mayfly.
(a) Sadly.
(b) Angrily.
(c) Matter-of-factly.
(d) Dramatically.

3. Water boatmen are compared to whom?
(a) Dancers.
(b) Skiers.
(c) Divers.
(d) Rowers.

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

5. Upon contemplating this poem and the deaths of these insects, one becomes more aware of what?
(a) The importance of insects.
(b) The power of nature.
(c) The number of insect species.
(d) The power of insects.

Short Answer Questions

1. Only when does the mayfly seem to feel nostalgia?

2. Why does the mayfly feel nostalgia?

3. Will the digger wasp ever see its offspring?

4. What does the digger wasp hope to do for its offspring?

5. How do the mayflies see their youth?

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