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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. How does the poet feel about the prostitute in "The Night of the Soldier"?
(a) That she is perfection.
(b) That she needs saving.
(c) That she is caring.
(d) That she is destructuve.

2. What do all the people in "Lone Gentleman" do in the first lines of the poem?
(a) Greet each other.
(b) Fall in love.
(c) Take a vacation.
(d) Drink wine.

3. In "Leaning into the Afternoons," what does the poet cast sad nets toward?
(a) A pile of money.
(b) An open heart.
(c) A city.
(d) A pair of eyes.

4. What does the poet say was lost in "Love, America (1400)"?
(a) Money.
(b) Men.
(c) Freedom.
(d) Culture.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What emotion is detailed in the beginning of "Ars Poetica"?

2. What are the "black days" in "Bleak System"?

3. In "Death Alone," what does the poet first describe?

4. At the end of "Pact (Sonata)," what does the poet ask?

5. What rules does the poet say exist for human creativity in "Nocturnal Statutes"?

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