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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. What makes the school of fish unique in "The Fish and the Drowned Man"?
(a) It include men.
(b) It is very large.
(c) It is very small.
(d) It is made up of many types of fish.

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

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

4. Why does the poet say he wrote "I'm Explaining a Few Things"?
(a) To avoid being fired.
(b) To answer the readers' questions.
(c) To restart his writing career.
(d) To explain his politics.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Marine Night," what does the poet want to burn with?

2. In "Barcarole," what is the red arrow?

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

4. What does the poet say the chestnut looks like in "Ode to a Fallen Chestnut"?

5. What does the poet say is buried in the sand in "Rapa Nui"?

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