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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 "Wine," what does the speaker desire to be?
(a) A common man.
(b) A woman.
(c) A fish.
(d) A captain.

2. In "Oceanic South," what does the poet have left?
(a) His imagination.
(b) His writing.
(c) His friends.
(d) His love.

3. What does the poet say is buried in the sand in "Rapa Nui"?
(a) Bodies.
(b) The truth.
(c) Money.
(d) Feet.

4. What does the poet say to the marine night in "The Marine Night"?
(a) That he loves it.
(b) Nothing.
(c) That he is sorry.
(d) That he wants to become it.

5. In the last ten lines of "Death Alone," what object does the poet connect to death?
(a) A sink.
(b) A pot.
(c) A broom.
(d) A bed.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In "The Way Spain Was," what does the poet say has affected Spain?

3. What question does the poet ask in "Absence of Joaquin"?

4. What color is evoked in the beginning of "Serenade"?

5. What emotion is detailed in the beginning of "Ars Poetica"?

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