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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 "Alliance (Sonata)," what time of day is it?
(a) Early evening.
(b) Late night.
(c) Morning.
(d) Mid-afternoon.

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

3. Why are the oxen red in "Bleak System"?
(a) They have been painted.
(b) The poet is hallucinating.
(c) They are newborns.
(d) They are bloody.

4. What does "Widower's Tango" resemble?
(a) A short story.
(b) A dialogue.
(c) A letter.
(d) A play.

5. What does the poet see in the ocean in "Oceanic South"?
(a) A lonely island.
(b) A ray of light.
(c) A school of fish.
(d) A shipwreck.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does the poet immortalize himself in "Signifying Shadows"?

3. In the last ten lines of "Death Alone," what object does the poet connect to death?

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

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

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