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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. At the end of "The Builders of Statues," what does the poet consider?
(a) If the statues will exist after he dies.
(b) If the statues are a hallucination.
(c) If the statues built themselves.
(d) If he can build a statue.

2. In "Poet's Obligation," where does the poet say he gathers his poetry?
(a) In his brain.
(b) On sheets of paper.
(c) In boxes.
(d) In a cup.

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

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

5. In "Being Born in the Woods," what is born again?
(a) The rain.
(b) The poet.
(c) A seed.
(d) A bird.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Wine," what does the speaker desire to be?

2. What does the poet compare dreaming to in "Nocturnal Collection"?

3. In "Barcarole," what is the red arrow?

4. What are the "black days" in "Bleak System"?

5. In "Alliance (Sonata)," what time of day is it?

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