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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pact (Sonata) | Waltz | Brussels | Being Born in the Woods.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why are the oxen red in "Bleak System"?
(a) They are bloody.
(b) The poet is hallucinating.
(c) They have been painted.
(d) They are newborns.

3. How does the poet feel about the prostitute in "The Night of the Soldier"?
(a) That she is destructuve.
(b) That she is perfection.
(c) That she needs saving.
(d) That she is caring.

4. In "Waltz," what does the poet say to not expect to find?
(a) Justice from the government.
(b) War in times of peace.
(c) Him as he used to be.
(d) Love as it is meant to be.

5. What does the poet compare dreaming to in "Nocturnal Collection"?
(a) Love.
(b) Birth.
(c) Death.
(d) Marriage.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In "Being Born in the Woods," what is born again?

3. When does harvest occur in "Being Born in the Woods"?

4. At the end of "Tonight I can Write," how does the poet say he feels?

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

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