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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Marine Night | Wine | Ode to a Fallen Chestnut | Ode to the Book.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Nocturnal Collection," what does the poet say he conquered?
(a) Fear.
(b) Love.
(c) Women.
(d) Dreams.

2. At the end of "The Builders of Statues," what does the poet consider?
(a) If the statues are a hallucination.
(b) If he can build a statue.
(c) If the statues built themselves.
(d) If the statues will exist after he dies.

3. What color is evoked in the beginning of "Serenade"?
(a) Yellow.
(b) White.
(c) Red.
(d) Purple.

4. In the beginning of "The Great Ocean," what does the poet ask of Ocean?
(a) Fruit.
(b) Love.
(c) Power.
(d) Life.

5. What flows like a tide in "I'm Explaining a Few Things"?
(a) The blood of Spain.
(b) The rivers in France.
(c) Warring soldiers.
(d) His sould.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the poet compare dreaming to in "Nocturnal Collection"?

2. In "Wine," what does the speaker desire to be?

3. In "Death Alone," what does the poet first describe?

4. In the last ten lines of "Death Alone," what object does the poet connect to death?

5. What does the poet say to the marine night in "The Marine Night"?

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