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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Bleak System | Sonata and Destructions | The Night of the Soldier | Nocturnal Statutes.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the poet describe the guitar in "Tang"?
(a) Empty but full.
(b) Silent but powerful.
(c) Broken but valuable.
(d) Loud but weak.

2. In "Unity," what does the poet say humans share a unity with?
(a) Each other.
(b) The world.
(c) Animals.
(d) Music.

3. How is Marisol described in "Every Day you Play"?
(a) Dangerous.
(b) Happy.
(c) Excited.
(d) Angry.

4. In "Leaning into the Afternoons," what does the poet cast sad nets toward?
(a) A pair of eyes.
(b) A pile of money.
(c) A city.
(d) An open heart.

5. What does the creature play with in "Every Day you Play"?
(a) Light.
(b) Water.
(c) Humans.
(d) The moon.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In lines 4-8 of "Tang," who does the poet describe?

3. Why are the oxen red in "Bleak System"?

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

5. What question does the poet ask in "Absence of Joaquin"?

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