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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 "Absence of Joaquin," what defines the friend?
(a) His money.
(b) His wife.
(c) His death.
(d) His education.

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

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

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

5. What does the poet see in the ocean in "Oceanic South"?
(a) A school of fish.
(b) A shipwreck.
(c) A ray of light.
(d) A lonely island.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. In the beginning of "Wine," what does the speaker want to do?

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

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

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