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

2. In "Being Born in the Woods," what is born again?
(a) The rain.
(b) A bird.
(c) The poet.
(d) A seed.

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

4. In "Nocturnal Statutes," what does reality differ from?
(a) Death.
(b) Love.
(c) Dreams.
(d) School.

5. In "Absence of Joaquin," what defines the friend?
(a) His money.
(b) His death.
(c) His wife.
(d) His education.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Leaning into the Afternoons," what does the poet cast sad nets toward?

2. How does the poet feel about the prostitute in "The Night of the Soldier"?

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

4. In "Waltz," what does the poet say to not expect to find?

5. What does the poet compare dreaming to in "Nocturnal Collection"?

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