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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. In "Brussels," what does the poet say moves too quickly?
(a) Trains.
(b) His life.
(c) Technology.
(d) His faith.

2. In "Love, America (1400)," what does the poet say America has no word for?
(a) War.
(b) Pain.
(c) Thunder.
(d) Spain.

3. What does "Widower's Tango" resemble?
(a) A short story.
(b) A dialogue.
(c) A letter.
(d) A play.

4. What are the "black days" in "Bleak System"?
(a) Death.
(b) When the poet was ill.
(c) A time of war.
(d) Being in love.

5. In "The Way into Wood," what does the poet say about apologies?
(a) That they should come only from men.
(b) That they are always late.
(c) That they mean nothing.
(d) That they hurt more than help.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the bells in "Autumn Returns" mean?

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

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

4. In "Oceanic South," what does the poet have left?

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

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