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

2. What is ruined at the end of "There's No Forgetting"?
(a) A mountain.
(b) A tree.
(c) A river.
(d) A field.

3. What does "Weak with the Dawn" question?
(a) Marriage.
(b) War.
(c) Religion.
(d) Politics.

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

5. How does the poet immortalize himself in "Signifying Shadows"?
(a) By taking pictures of himself.
(b) Through writing.
(c) Through prayer.
(d) He says he can't immortalize himself.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why is it difficult to see in "Thinking, Tangling Shadows"?

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

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

5. Why is the poet angry in the beginning of "Waltz"?

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