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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. It is interesting to see from the mayfly's perspective regarding what?
(a) The type of food they eat.
(b) The way they swim.
(c) The length of the mayfly's life.
(d) The way they raise their young.

2. What words does the poet specifically use when he uses this literary device?
(a) The firefly dances like the dancers in Degas' paintings.
(b) The firefly lights up the entire night sky.
(c) Glimmering, gleaming, glowing.
(d) The light-hearted actions of the firefly is an allegory of spring.

3. "Water Striders" asks whether this insect's ability to walk on water is what?
(a) A miracle.
(b) Dangerous.
(c) Useful.
(d) Fun.

4. Besides F, what are three other frequently used letters in "Fireflies?"
(a) W, R, and T.
(b) I, A, and E.
(c) G, P, and S.
(d) Q, V, and Z.

5. This speaking imitates ___________.
(a) The movements of one grasshopper.
(b) The movements of the young grasshoppers.
(c) The movements of the old grasshoppers.
(d) The movements of the grasshoppers.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How do the mayflies see their youth?

3. Unlike "Grasshoppers," "Water Striders" is from the perspective of whom?

4. To what else does the poet also compare the firefly?

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

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