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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 "Leaning into the Afternoons," what does the poet say he resembles when he loves?
(a) Clouds.
(b) A moon.
(c) Stars.
(d) The sun.

2. What are the "black days" in "Bleak System"?
(a) A time of war.
(b) Death.
(c) Being in love.
(d) When the poet was ill.

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

4. In "Alliance (Sonata)," what time of day is it?
(a) Early evening.
(b) Late night.
(c) Mid-afternoon.
(d) Morning.

5. What does "Weak with the Dawn" question?
(a) War.
(b) Religion.
(c) Politics.
(d) Marriage.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In "Leaning into the Afternoons," what does the poet cast sad nets toward?

3. What does the poet consider in "Sonata and Destructions"?

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

5. What emotion is detailed in the beginning of "Ars Poetica"?

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