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

2. Why are the oxen red in "Bleak System"?
(a) They are newborns.
(b) They are bloody.
(c) The poet is hallucinating.
(d) They have been painted.

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

4. What does the poet relate the woman's body to in "Body of a Woman"?
(a) The heavens.
(b) Scientific discovery.
(c) Literature.
(d) The earth.

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. How does the poet describe the guitar in "Tang"?

3. In "Absence of Joaquin," what defines the friend?

4. What rules does the poet say exist for human creativity in "Nocturnal Statutes"?

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

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