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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 is Rapa Nui in "Rapa Nui"?
(a) A major city.
(b) An island.
(c) A book.
(d) A group of natives.

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

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

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

5. What question does the poet ask in "Absence of Joaquin"?
(a) How did everyone react?
(b) What did he take with him?
(c) Who will be left behind?
(d) Why do we question anything?

Short Answer Questions

1. After recounting a sexual experience in "Furies and Sufferings," what does the poet do?

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

3. In "Absence of Joaquin," what defines the friend?

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

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

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