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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Nocturnal Collection," what does the poet say he conquered?

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

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

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

5. At the end of "The Builders of Statues," what does the poet consider?

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