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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through In Spite of Wrath | Education of the Chieftain | Gold | The Poet.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the end of "A Soldier Sleeps," what does God realize?
(a) He can't become a soldier.
(b) He can't fight with the soldier.
(c) He can't move the soldier.
(d) He can't wake the soldier up.

2. In "Love, America (1400)," what does the poet say America has no word for?
(a) Pain.
(b) War.
(c) Thunder.
(d) Spain.

3. How does Almagro conquer the land in "Discoverers of Chile"?
(a) With steel.
(b) With men.
(c) With faith.
(d) With fire.

4. What flows like a tide in "I'm Explaining a Few Things"?
(a) Warring soldiers.
(b) The rivers in France.
(c) His sould.
(d) The blood of Spain.

5. Why does the poet say he wrote "I'm Explaining a Few Things"?
(a) To explain his politics.
(b) To restart his writing career.
(c) To avoid being fired.
(d) To answer the readers' questions.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of flower is the sudden flower in "The Poet"?

2. Why are the oxen red in "Bleak System"?

3. After recounting a sexual experience in "Furies and Sufferings," what does the poet do?

4. What does the poet see in the ocean in "Oceanic South"?

5. In "Barcarole," what is the red arrow?

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