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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. In lines 4-8 of "Tang," who does the poet describe?
(a) Politicians.
(b) Teachers.
(c) Philosophers.
(d) Musicians.

2. What question does the poet ask in "Absence of Joaquin"?
(a) What did he take with him?
(b) Why do we question anything?
(c) Who will be left behind?
(d) How did everyone react?

3. In "Body of a Woman," what does the poet say he will persist in?
(a) Her grace.
(b) His faith.
(c) The truth.
(d) Bodily pain.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What color is evoked in the beginning of "Serenade"?

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

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

5. In "Leaning into the Afternoons," what does the poet say he resembles when he loves?

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