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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 "Pact (Sonata)," what does the poet ask?
(a) For the woman to leave him alone.
(b) For the woman to fix his heart.
(c) For the woman to move with him.
(d) For the woman to remain with him.

2. In the beginning of "Ode with a Lament," what does the poet say the woman is ready for?
(a) To be drank.
(b) To be held.
(c) To be kissed.
(d) To be broken.

3. After recounting a sexual experience in "Furies and Sufferings," what does the poet do?
(a) Curse.
(b) Ask questions.
(c) End the poem.
(d) Start a new story.

4. In "Nocturnal Collection," what does the poet say he conquered?
(a) Women.
(b) Fear.
(c) Love.
(d) Dreams.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. In stanza 4 of "Battle of the Jarama River," what is said about the river?

4. What does the creature play with in "Every Day you Play"?

5. How is Marisol described in "Every Day you Play"?

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