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

2. What emotion is detailed in the beginning of "Ars Poetica"?
(a) Rage.
(b) Love.
(c) Fear.
(d) Happiness.

3. How does the poet feel about the prostitute in "The Night of the Soldier"?
(a) That she is caring.
(b) That she is perfection.
(c) That she needs saving.
(d) That she is destructuve.

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

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Way into Wood," what does the poet say about apologies?

2. In "Ah Vastness of Pines," what geographic feature does the poet describe in the first four lines?

3. How are riders described in "Dream Horses"?

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

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

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