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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Love, America (1400) | Some Beasts | Entrance of the Rivers | The Heights of Macchu Picchu.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the end of "Some Beasts," what do the animals wait for?
(a) A savior.
(b) A flood.
(c) Their prey.
(d) Their deaths.

2. How is Marisol described in "Every Day you Play"?
(a) Dangerous.
(b) Excited.
(c) Happy.
(d) Angry.

3. What question does the poet ask in "Absence of Joaquin"?
(a) How did everyone react?
(b) Why do we question anything?
(c) Who will be left behind?
(d) What did he take with him?

4. In "Burial in the East," what does the poet say happens to the corpses before burial?
(a) They are marched around town.
(b) They are put in display in the public square.
(c) They are wrapped in white cloth.
(d) They are covered with flowers.

5. What color is evoked in the beginning of "Serenade"?
(a) Yellow.
(b) Purple.
(c) White.
(d) Red.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. In "Tonight I can Write," what does the poet say he could write?

4. In lines 4-8 of "Tang," who does the poet describe?

5. In "Waltz," what does the poet say to not expect to find?

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