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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. Why is it difficult to see in "Thinking, Tangling Shadows"?
(a) Because of the crowd.
(b) Because of closed eyes.
(c) Because of a fog.
(d) Because of night time.

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

3. 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 destructuve.
(d) That she is caring.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. At the end of "Some Beasts," what do the animals wait for?

3. In "Love, America (1400)," what does the poet say America has no word for?

4. In "Battle of the Jarama River," who are the river's people?

5. In "Ode with a Lament," when does the poet realize he is too old for the woman?

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