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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. "Requiem" is, unlike many of the other poems in this book. How?
(a) It is very angry.
(b) It is very confident.
(c) It is very humorous.
(d) It is very solemn and serious.

2. What do the water boatmen and the digger wasp have in common?
(a) Determination.
(b) They can fly.
(c) They can swim.
(d) Fear.

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

4. How do the mayflies spend their time?
(a) Eating.
(b) Sleeping.
(c) Lazily flying about.
(d) Frantically flying about.

5. How do the mayflies see their youth?
(a) They think nothing of their youth.
(b) As an anxious period of time.
(c) As so very long ago.
(d) As only yesterday.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the poet specifically use this literary device?

2. It is interesting to see from the mayfly's perspective regarding what?

3. What is the definition of the literary device that is the answer to number 42?

4. What are three words used to describe the whirligig beetle's movements?

5. "Mayflies" ________________ tells of the brief life of the mayfly.

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