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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Death Alone | Barcarole | Oceanic South | Walking Around.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the poet consider in "Sonata and Destructions"?
(a) His birth.
(b) His career.
(c) His wealth.
(d) His death.

2. At the end of "Dream Horses," what does the poet wish for?
(a) To trade dreams with someone else.
(b) To record his dreams.
(c) To live dreams.
(d) To stop having dreams.

3. In the last ten lines of "Death Alone," what object does the poet connect to death?
(a) A bed.
(b) A pot.
(c) A sink.
(d) A broom.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the poet relate the woman's body to in "Body of a Woman"?

2. What does the poet compare his lover to in "I Have Gone Marking"?

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

4. In "Burial in the East," what does the poet say happens to the corpses before burial?

5. How does the poet immortalize himself in "Signifying Shadows"?

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