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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 fish.
(b) A captain.
(c) A common man.
(d) A woman.

2. In "The Way Spain Was," what does the poet say has affected Spain?
(a) A false god.
(b) A lapse in art.
(c) A controlling leader.
(d) An attack from the outside.

3. After recounting a sexual experience in "Furies and Sufferings," what does the poet do?
(a) End the poem.
(b) Curse.
(c) Start a new story.
(d) Ask questions.

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

5. In the beginning of "Wine," what does the speaker want to do?
(a) Pray.
(b) Sleep.
(c) Party.
(d) Sing.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Oceanic South," what does the poet have left?

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

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

4. In "The Great Ocean," why does the poet say people cannot harm the ocean?

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

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