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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 "Tonight I can Write," what does the poet say he could write?
(a) Sad lines.
(b) A novel.
(c) The truth.
(d) Nothing.

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

3. What emotion is detailed in the beginning of "Ars Poetica"?
(a) Fear.
(b) Rage.
(c) Love.
(d) Happiness.

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

5. At the end of "Tonight I can Write," how does the poet say he feels?
(a) Entertained.
(b) Pleased.
(c) Confused.
(d) Angry.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In "Alliance (Sonata)," what time of day is it?

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

4. At the end of "Dream Horses," what does the poet wish for?

5. In "Unity," what does the poet say humans share a unity with?

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