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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Sea | The Builder | Past.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the house in "House"?
(a) The poet's apartment.
(b) The earth.
(c) The poet's parents' house.
(d) The poet's body.

2. 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.

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

4. Where does God in "A Soldier Sleeps" say the soldier is from?
(a) The mountains.
(b) Europe.
(c) The flames.
(d) The sea.

5. What rules does the poet say exist for human creativity in "Nocturnal Statutes"?
(a) Work hard.
(b) No rules exist.
(c) Avoid copying someone else's work.
(d) You can't hurt others.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the poet ask in the beginning of "Autumn Testament"?

2. What flows like a tide in "I'm Explaining a Few Things"?

3. In "Nocturnal Statutes," what does reality differ from?

4. In "Fable of the Mermaid and the Drunks," what do the drunks do to the mermaid?

5. In "The Ships," what type of ships are described as being the worst?

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