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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 "The Marine Night," what does the poet want to burn with?
(a) Pain.
(b) Candles.
(c) Bonfires.
(d) Ships.

2. In "Death Alone," what does the poet first describe?
(a) Cemetaries.
(b) Hospitals.
(c) Birth.
(d) Funerals.

3. What does the poet say about mistakes in "Ode to the Book"?
(a) That they are funny.
(b) That they are foolish.
(c) That they are necessary.
(d) That they are for women.

4. In "The Great Ocean," why does the poet say people cannot harm the ocean?
(a) It is a god.
(b) It is so great.
(c) It is too frightening.
(d) They can harm the ocean.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Battle of the Jarama River," who are the river's people?

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

3. In the beginning of "The Great Ocean," what does the poet ask of Ocean?

4. In stanza 4 of "Battle of the Jarama River," what is said about the river?

5. At the end of "Barcarole," who does the poet say won't listen to him?

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