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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) Teachers.
(b) Musicians.
(c) Politicians.
(d) Philosophers.
2. In "Tonight I can Write," what does the poet say he could write?
(a) Sad lines.
(b) A novel.
(c) The truth.
(d) Nothing.
3. At the end of "Dream Horses," what does the poet wish for?
(a) To live dreams.
(b) To stop having dreams.
(c) To record his dreams.
(d) To trade dreams with someone else.
4. Why is it difficult to see in "Thinking, Tangling Shadows"?
(a) Because of the crowd.
(b) Because of a fog.
(c) Because of night time.
(d) Because of closed eyes.
5. What question does the poet ask in "Absence of Joaquin"?
(a) Why do we question anything?
(b) Who will be left behind?
(c) How did everyone react?
(d) What did he take with him?
Short Answer Questions
1. How does the poet feel about the prostitute in "The Night of the Soldier"?
2. What does the creature play with in "Every Day you Play"?
3. How is Marisol described in "Every Day you Play"?
4. In "Ah Vastness of Pines," what geographic feature does the poet describe in the first four lines?
5. In "Leaning into the Afternoons," what does the poet cast sad nets toward?
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