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

2. In "Ah Vastness of Pines," what geographic feature does the poet describe in the first four lines?
(a) A plain.
(b) A river.
(c) A mountain range.
(d) An ocean.

3. What does the poet compare his lover to in "I Have Gone Marking"?
(a) A bird.
(b) A car.
(c) A book.
(d) A map.

4. How are riders described in "Dream Horses"?
(a) As being in trouble.
(b) As being leaders.
(c) As being women.
(d) As being a burden.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does the poet feel about the prostitute in "The Night of the Soldier"?

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

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

5. What does the creature play with in "Every Day you Play"?

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