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

2. How do the letters that are the answer to number 54 have emphasis placed on them?
(a) By using them repeatedly.
(b) By using them at the beginning of most of the lines.
(c) By only using words that begin with these letters.
(d) By putting them in bold print.

3. The mayfly's birth and death take place when?
(a) In the same day.
(b) In different places.
(c) At the beginning and end of one week.
(d) One year apart.

4. What names are used to describe the water boatmen?
(a) Boatmen, cockswain, and oarsmen.
(b) Downhill skiers, speed skiers, and cross-country skiers.
(c) Rescuers, scuba divers, and snorklers.
(d) Ballerinas, danseurs, and primadonnas.

5. Like the mayfly, people often have feelings of nostalgia towards what?
(a) People do not feel nostalgic.
(b) Their friends.
(c) Their families.
(d) Their youth.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to these beetles, this ____________ way of moving is the best way to move.

2. What else is reflected by what covers the pages of the poem?

3. "Fireflies" tells of the _________ of a firefly.

4. What is an important time of year in "Requiem?"

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

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